• meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 days ago

    The political message from Europe has to be clear and forceful: If you touch Greenland, that will be the end of US military bases on the European continent (including Ramstein). Also economic sanctions and asset freezes/seizures for the Trump clan and key members of the administration.

    Will that hurt europe? Will it erode our security guarantees against Russia? Yeah a lot.

    But rather be on clear terms now and plan accordingly, than remaining Trumps bitch and very likely be let down anyways when push comes to shove

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      13 days ago

      The political message from Europe has to be clear and forceful: If you touch Greenland, that will be the end of US military bases on the European continent (including Ramstein).

      Nobody actually said that, there’s an US military base in greenland already.

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        13 days ago

        Yeah but that’s the point. Either you run your bases in cooperation with the host countries, or your established military presence becomes too great of a threat to the sovereignty of the host country to be allowed to continue

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      13 days ago

      But while Europe is busy with Greenland, at the home front the door is wide open, unprotected from the threats from the east.

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        13 days ago

        That’s a thing they’re of course considering. European nationa obviously won’t send 100 000 troops to Greenland.

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        13 days ago

        You have to meet the enemy where they land. Trump getting Denmark without a fight is same as Russia getting it without a fight.