1 yearI like this guy. However, that “Greenland is also a part of NATO” is much too subtle for the Mango Mussolini.
- Anyone@slrpnk.netEnglish1 year
FoxNews’ Watters on American TV: “We are not in high school. We don’t need friends … if we have to burn down a few bridges with Denmark to take Greenland … we’re big boys … we dropped A-bombs on Japan and now they are our ally… America is not handcuffed by history.”
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- ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
What is this security anxiety he’s referring to as justified based on? The only recent provocative acts I know about have been exclusively in the Baltic sea or nearby.
- courageousstep@lemm.eeEnglish1 year
A war in the arctic would be detrimental to the delicate environment up there.
I am so mad and feel so helpless.
Realistically global warming isn’t going anywhere so that environment as we know it is most likely doomed anyway. Sorry if that’s cynical. I’m angry too but these things are simply beyond our control.
- superkret@feddit.orgEnglish1 year
New shipping lanes will open up in the Arctic in a few years.
And everyone wants to control them.- ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish1 year
I understand the basis of the idea, I just don’t see any actual movement that justifies militarizing Greenland with US troops like he’s suggesting. The only ones seriously threatening to invade Greenland is the US. He’s giving Trump too much political cover by rationalizing his claims.
- superkret@feddit.orgEnglish1 year
Trump’s demands and threats, along with Putin’s suggestions are the beginning of the movement.
- hitmyspot@aussie.zoneEnglish1 year
Shipping lanes are only useful if countries are still trading with each other.
- hitmyspot@aussie.zoneEnglish1 year
While I agree, they are useful, I don’t expect Russia to respect international waters should Greenland remain in control. Already they frequently venture into European water and have severed communication cables.
There is a straight line between Russia and USA that goes over Greenland. It is the shortest way to get to USA from Russia, if you were to fire long distance rockets or fly bombers. There is also an other straight line that goes over Alaska
