People behind the push for taking Greenland: https://www.irishtimes.com/world/eu...naire-trump-pal-and-the-battle-for-greenland/
Presumably Pope AFB/Ft Bragg, or whatever it's called now, in North Carolina. But with aerial refueling, they could take off from anywhere.
I meant a naval convoy for hardware and associated support troops. But other than that, I would imagine they'd do bulk troop transport by commandeered commercial planes and military air transports
No, these imbecils are bent on the Heritic Foundation's doctrine of the USA's right of domination of the Americas. These people are part of a cult, not part of a reasoning entity.
That's why the EU has to put boots on the ice (yeah, I know, you would like that on ICE too) to challenge his will to kill.
Air refueling flown out of any AFB on the east coast would get them to Greenland. I believe the 82nd is stationed at Bragg.
How ********ed up is it that I had to rep this post because he’s right, it’s a less bad thing if Americans are facing French, Danish, etc soldiers when we try to <checks notes because I still can’t believe it> invade Greenland. The Senate failed to stop further adventures in Venezuela by Vance’s tie breaker. If given the chance, they’ll vote down action in Greenland. I’m not sure how that would work in a practical and legal level though.
Those Europeans are smart. The fact that US troops would have to face Danish, French, German, and Swedish soldiers is the reason that no invasion will happen. TACO
So US troops take over Greenland. Then what? It accomplishes and achieves nothing. Nor does Denmark’s current control of Greenland or Greenland’s semi-autonomous state limit US or US business’s actions to any substantive degree. I mean, for Trump, ‘owning’ Greenland does nothing. For Steven Miller and other ideologues in the WH, I guess it does. Because it would further cut off the US from the world. Make the US into the kind of chaos agent that Putin’s Russia has become. And I suppose that’s what they want. To ******** things up.
It's easier for bad people to steal things in a corrupt, ********ed up country where the rule of law has been destroyed.
I honestly don’t think Trump or Hegseth give a ******** about killing a few Europeans. It’s not like danish military isn’t permanently stationed in Greenland anyway. I remain convinced the only way Europe stops this is if they publicly announce that any attempt by the United States to annex Greenland will result in the US military losing access to every single base in Europe. There are lots of ways Europe could render military bases inoperable and make them useless to Americans. Cutting power and fuel services to just name two. it needs to be made clear to the American public…and more importantly to republicans in Congress…what happens if he does this and what it means to our national interests.
True, but Trump doesn’t want to see any Americans killed. I think they are smart enough to do that too. This will be resolved by Denmark and Greenland agreeing to allow the US to put the same military facilities in Greenland that they would have agreed to anyway if Trump had asked nicely. Someone needs to tell Trump that Greenland has no beaches and no place to build a golf course.
We (the EU) should make clear any (American) company, being involved in occupying and exploiting Greenland will face seizing their assets and their managers/owners face prosecution and any country that buys anything from those companies will face trade sanctions from the EU.
Turns out the USA probably can't face the Europeans in polar circumstances. https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2023/12/the-us-military-needs-to-build-arctic-capabilities.html
Dutch soldiers prepared for possible mission to Greenland: 'Eat twice as much' The chance that Dutch soldiers will go to Greenland is growing. The Ministry of Defence is thinking about which units we can send to guard the arctic region, hopefully together with the Americans, according to the revelation by Telegraaf reporters Valentijn Bartels and Silvan Schoonhoven. Not a big surprise, because the Dutch are good at operating in the Arctic.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blo...d-a-more-lethal-fighting-force-in-the-arctic/ This shows the stupidity to alienate Europe with their specialized arctic forces. Trump was mocking the Danish presence as a dog and a sledge, but US soldiers will learn who the Danish arctic frogmen are. https://www.indiatoday.in/world/sto...men-sirius-dog-sled-patrol-2850833-2026-01-13 WHAT'S JAEGER CORPS, DENMARK'S SAS-STYLE ARCTIC HUNTSMEN Modelled on Britain's Special Air Service (SAS) and the US Rangers, Denmark's Jaeger Corps, which literally means "Hunters", is its most elite land-based special forces unit. According to Denmark's Defence Command, the Jaegers specialise in deep reconnaissance, sabotage, and high-risk missions behind enemy lines. Their training is among the most brutal among all Nato forces. Recruits undergo months of selection involving extreme navigation, weapons handling, survival drills and sleep deprivation. Only a handful of people make it through each year. As Kristian Kristensen of the University of Copenhagen's Centre for Military Studies told The US Sun, the Jaegers are "versatile and able to operate almost anywhere, from the Arctic to the Gulf of Guinea". advertisement In the Arctic's frigid conditions, Jaeges train to parachute into blizzards, operate in total darkness, build shelters in snow, and keep weapons functional at sub-zero temperatures. Greenland's frozen tundra is not just a training ground. It is their home and is a potential battlefield. If an unauthorised foreign force attempts a land incursion, Jaegers would be among the first responders. An image of Danish army personnel during an exercise. (Image: Denmark Defence) FROGMEN CORPS, GREENLAND'S UNDER-ICE COMMANDOS If the Jaegers are Denmark's SAS, the Frogmen Corps is its answer to the US Navy SEALs and the UK's Special Boat Service. Founded in 1957 and operating under the Danish Navy, the Frogmen specialise in maritime counter-terrorism, underwater demolition, amphibious assaults and covert reconnaissance. Frogmen train to operate in waters where survival time can be measured in minutes. In Greenland, that means conducting stealth insertions beneath ice sheets, rehearsing landings on frozen coastlines, and sabotaging enemy infrastructure in the freezing cold.
About the by Trump ridiculing dog and sledges: SIRIUS DOG SLED PATROL, GREENLAND'S GUARDIANS OF ARCTIC SOVEREIGNTY The most unique of Denmark's Arctic forces is the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol. It could arguably be one of the world's most unconventional military units, which in all likelihood, became a subject of Trump's mockery. Established during World War II to prevent Nazi incursions, Sirius continues to patrol northeastern Greenland, one of the most remote regions on Earth. Dog sleds are not for nostalgia but for necessity. Operating in two-man teams with rifles, survival gear and dog sleds, Sirius patrols cover thousands of kilometres across ice and wilderness. In those conditions operations using dog sleds are ideal. The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol is capable of combat operations and has a history of engaging militarily when required. (Image: Denmark Defence) According to The US Sun and Denmark's Defence Ministry, patrols can last up to five months, with soldiers living in near-total isolation, relying on sled dogs rather than snowmobiles. The Sirius Patrol's job is simple but critical. It is to detect and intercept any unauthorised presence. Even Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik once served with the patrol. The elite Danish naval unit is also tasked with patrolling the Arctic wilderness of northern and eastern Greenland, including the massive Northeast Greenland National Park, which is the largest national park in the world. However, with Trump doubling down on Greenland on a daily basis, the quiet and frozen Greenland has become a live geopolitical hotspot. It is guarded by Denmark's toughest Arctic warriors on land, sea and ice. Any American move would not be a walkover but a test of nerves in one of the harshest places on Earth.
The only unit that is capable to operate in polar circumstances is the 11th Airborne Division, which focuses on training for operations in cold weather environments, This amounts to about 2000 men, if I'm right. These guys however have been training together with the Dutch/Danish/Swedish/Norwagian special arctic forces in Alaska. Their total numbers are probably over 10,000. If they obey orders to kill the Europeans the trained with, the gloves for these guys are off. These European forces know Alaska and the compounds of Wainwright by heart.