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ancianita

(42,904 posts)
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:11 PM Tuesday

From Maddow's Brief, Rachel reveals the U.S & NATO Left Speechless as Canada Makes Strategic Military Decision

This discussion thread was locked by EarlG (a host of the Liberal YouTubers group).

It is Ottawa's move to secure independent defense capabilities in the Arctic. Canada is rewriting the rulebook on national security and international relations.

Considering the proximity of Russia to North America across the Arctic, Americans can be grateful that our northern neighbor's changes in the operational structure of NATO and and the data sovereignty of Canada over the U.S. in the intelligence network of The Five Eyes. Their decision to be the gatekeeper of Arctic intelligence domain, will benefit Americans, though not US corporations or defense industry, because the U.S. is no longer a reliable ally for Canada or NATO.

from the video transcript:

"They are worried that an American commander focused on a global threat picture might
sacrifice Canadian interests or escalate a situation in the Canadian Arctic that
could have been handled diplomatically.

They are buying time. That is what this technology really buys them. By controlling the data and the command structure, they buy the time to make their own political decision about whether to shoot, whether to block or whether to talk.

They are reclaiming the sovereignty of the decision loop. And for a country that has spent 70 years
essentially outsourcing its existential security decisions to Washington, that is a psychological revolution.

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Lovie777

(21,782 posts)
1. At this point, NATO need put the USA in the corner.................
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:15 PM
Tuesday

I'm pretty sure the trust factor with the USA is -0-.

ancianita

(42,904 posts)
2. Absolutely. Never trust an ally who lies about his use of force domestically, or threatens other nations.
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:20 PM
Tuesday

LuvLoogie

(8,532 posts)
3. What's with the video?
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:28 PM
Tuesday

Seems off

Gaugamela

(3,249 posts)
4. This is AI. The voice is flat and canned and not quite synced. It doesn't look or sound like MS-NOW.
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:28 PM
Tuesday

It’s not from Maddow Blog it’s from a YouTube channel called Maddow Brief which was started 6 days ago and contains 9 videos.

LuvLoogie

(8,532 posts)
6. Yeah, pretty obvious.
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:34 PM
Tuesday

We really need to check source videos before sharing.

FarPoint

(14,560 posts)
5. It is my understanding this is one of the AI FAKES put out claiming Rachel Maddow stuff.
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:30 PM
Tuesday

There is an post here identifying this....there are several.... the YouTube faker started this Jan. 1 2026...


Can anyone else verify for me and the rest here on DU? I hate AI fakes!

EarlG

(23,374 posts)
7. DU does not yet have a firm policy on misleading AI videos like this
Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:39 PM
Tuesday

However, this year we will be working on ideas to minimize their impact on the site. At this time, I'm going to lock threads which are obviously AI-generated and intended to mislead.

Please be aware that the fact that this is going to be locked should not be seen as an indictment of the person who posted the video. Given how prevalent these things are -- and how easy it is to be misled by them -- I'm not surprised that people would bring them to DU by accident.

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