this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
609 points (99.0% liked)

World News

51927 readers
2457 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Germany just sent a first batch of soldiers, so that's a good sign IMO.

[–] akfdmfckwrl@feddit.dk 47 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

As did Sweden, Norway and France.

EDIT: And as a Dane, I am so grateful toward our real allies!

[–] MoreMagic@feddit.nu 4 points 2 hours ago

We (swedes) love to tease you, but brother, I’m so fucking furious about this. The only positive about the development on the world stage in recent years is we in the Nordic countries have come closer than ever.

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

And the Netherlands and Canada.... And my axe!

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

There's talk of sending the EU rapid reaction force. It's only 5000 troops but they're the good shit.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Now I imagine them like modern day spartans. In mechas.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago
[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone -5 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Why does it matter if they are good? Are they actually thinking they can repel an invasion?

The GDP of Denmark is about half of the US war budget.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The GDP of Denmark is about half of the US war budget.

Why would that matter?

Remind me how did the USA with their mighty military spending won their wars against much much weaker countries, like Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan? Oh wait... They lost all of those...

If anything, the track record shows that the USA is really terrible at fighting proper wars and only good at "drive bys" and "hit and run" operations, like the one in Venezuela.

Can the USA take Greenland overnight?

[–] lysol@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Afghanistan and Vietnam would like to have a word with you.

In any case, even if the US would win (they probably would I guess, kinda), it would not be a popular victory if hundreds of US soldiers died for an island no american cares about.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

No they don’t think they can repel an invasion, but they know they can make it very costly. Different bioregion, same advantage as the Vietnamese resistance, and cold is even harsher on troops and equipment than the jungle.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

You can't really hide in the tundra or icecaps though.

[–] MoreMagic@feddit.nu 2 points 2 hours ago

You’re in for a big surprise.

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

10000 years from now they are gonna find McÖtzi 🤣