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I haven't seen much of Germy posting. I agree Aladuf has been very active, so have Jason and jeepnut.

What about going down the other road and further weakening the Canadians. We would be left with a similarly strong American team and a severely weakened Canadian team. Thoughts?

I think that would be a gamble. If we win the next one, then the gamble would have been well worth it. But if we don't, and the Americans win, we'd be left with the possibly insurmountable American lead of a 5 vs. 3 vs. 3. Is it really worth the gamble? What are we getting from it? I guess with a 3 person Canadian team, our chances of winning the next round become more of only us vs. one other team (America), instead of us vs. two other teams, which betters our odds.

Not to mention, America struck Canada first, and chose not to strike us. So even if they win the next round they might decide to take our strategy as well and make it a two team contest (5 vs. 2 vs. 4). Them not striking us may have had something to do with the bye we had, though.