What's with all the multiple posts? It's happening to a lot of people, so something is hinky with the site.
Zen said,
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Finally...someone got the point.
Those of us who have played Risk with you just kind of ignored it, Zen. As usual I'm trading all my cards in for beer.
Pole: I think you'll find that troop transport becomes a minor issue once a hot war breaks out. Ships get built, planes appear that nobody knew existed. The reason nobody has ever been able to answer the question, "What if they threw a war and nobody came?" is that everybody who wants to be there finds a way to show up. It's like a Grateful Dead concert.
Let's also remember that Canada is part of le Francophonie. If we get into with the US as part of the Commonwealth we bring a whole bunch of other allies. Not as powerful as the Commonwealth perhaps, but nothing to be sneezed at.