2-5 days is very generous.
I think if America started at 0dark30 they would be done by lunch and home for supper.
I think if America started at 0dark30 they would be done by lunch and home for supper.
If you think there's something about Canadians that would stop them from getting down, dirty, and vicious, then you don't know Canadians very well (and have never seen a Canadian hockey game).
Could they hold out alone over the long term? Probably not, but maybe. Smaller, less capable nations have pulled off such feats.
But also, they wouldn't be alone. They'd have quite a lot of support.