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One of Donald Trump’s top aides has ramped up the pressure on Denmark by questioning Copenhagen’s claim to Greenland.

Stephen Miller, the US president’s deputy chief of staff for policy, also claimed military intervention would not be needed to take over the Arctic territory because “nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland”.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Think NATO will cross the Atlantic and do something about it? Serious question. You're talking capability, and you're probably right on the question of winter fighting (damned interesting!), but I'm talking will.

But let's drop the comparison to Vietnam, or any other American fuck ups. To get into such another quagmire, NATO would have to get troops there in the first place. And again, not like they can hide in Greenland's vast jungles. Honestly, I don't know of a fair wartime comparison? Who has invaded a monstrous rock and who has tried to defend it across an ocean? We're all in new territory, and maybe that's the scariest thing.

For all intents and purposes, Greenland in an uninhabited rock, on our side of the world, with strategic minerals and positioning, and NATO has done jack shit to defend their own eastern front. And let's not forget Putin pushing for all this, and getting his way. We're taking it and I am scared shitless of what comes next.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 3 points 2 days ago

I really don't know TBH, but I certainly hope so. If they don't, their goose is cooked as everyone will know that NATO is toothless at that point.