• Pringles@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Thinking about why the US is so keen on Greenland: It’s only relevant for them if they intend to make enemies out of the EU, because they already have all the access they need. But only as long as they are allied with Europe.

    It’s clear where this is headed. Russia is not the only reason why Europe is rearming.

    • cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      He’s planning to withdraw from NATO. Otherwise it makes no sense. USA already has more or less free access to build any military base they want there

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      1 month ago

      That is also why he wants an ICBM defense mesh, because realistically that’s the only chance Europe has to cripple us in a fight.

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        Hardly. There are many ways to “cripple” the US without need to resort to a simple-minded military slugfest.

        They could act to support Trump’s next reelection bid, for example. That’d be more devastating to American power than a nuke.

    • Enoril@jlai.lu
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      The plan is easy:

      • USA take Canada, greenland and everything up to Panama for Security Reason.
      • Russia take back some part of Europe because they are talking Russian.
      • China take South Korea with North Korea and Taiwan because it’s China anyway…

      Easy plan for megalo-dictators