He doesn't care about Americans. He cares about himself. He would be more than happy to see some Americans died if it achieved whatever the hell his desire is. For example, he was more than happy to have Mike Pence be hanged if it meant not validating the election. And no, just because they might be military dying doesn't change the equation one bit. He only cares about himself.
Uhm, you then only have Pittufik (not Thule), and it's about 1500km from Nuuk So you havenot taken anything. Sounds great for soldiers to sit there, with guys you can't see eager to pop you.
Got this from my new follow at Substack. Fvcking amazing is right: https://substack.com/@oldreddragon/note/c-199153233?r=55jjv7
Thule is its name prior to Pittufik. *shrug* I never said they had taken anything? Just mentioned that the US had the largest presence of soldiers on Greenland right now.
These quotes mean absolutely nothing. Neither of them are running for reelection. Those are the only Republicans who oppose anything Trump is doing. One representative is quoted with a Susan Collinish (deeply concerned).
They say this, but there was just an bill in the Senate that failed that would have required Trump to get Congress's approval before using military force against Venezuela again. It only took Trump a few days of intense pressure from Trump to flip enough Republicans to stop the bill from passing.. We may see an impeachment if/when the Dems taking control of the House and it may even get a number of Republican votes, but there is no way that an impeachment will make it through a Republican controlled House.
You are a lot more sure of that than I am. The man is completely insane and there are nothing but idiots and sycophants in his administration. What I find more concerning is some of the American reactions to Europeans sending troops, as if it it is the European side that is escalating by sending men over there to defend Danish territory. There is pure self-interest at stake in terms of many other European nations not wanting to see Denmark's territory stolen. The Dutch and the French, to name just two, have reasons to be concerned themselves. There is no reason to believe if Trump just gets handed territory that he will stop at Greenland. Why would he? So the Dutch government is probably right to be concerned in a potential future interest in the ABC and SSS island and the French have French Guiana, Guadalupe, Martinique, ... They could argue that they need Aruba and Curacao for anti-narcotics operations in the Caribbean. In terms of Guadalupe and Martinique, if they make a gambit for the Panama canal, then it makes perfect sense to take these two islands as well, if they want control of the Caribbean on both sides. There is a pretense to be found to take over just about every European territory in that area, often times with actually more solid arguments than the Greenland annexation.
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Attacking French Guiana would deal a strategic blow to the whole of Europe, as it is from there that the Ariane rockets are launched. The Kourou launch site could be considered as part of France's 'vital interests', potentially falling within the official doctrine for the use of nuclear weapons. French Guiana and the French Antilles are not semi-autonomous territories, but are fully integrated into French territory, which would mean an immediate military response, with the associated risk of nuclear escalation. Sure, Trump is crazy, but I find it hard to believe he would cross such a line.
Furthermore, there is no petrol or gas in Guadalupe and Martinique, but only bananas and judoka Teddy Riner. Unless Trump want to start another 'banana war' (in reference to the 1954 coup in Guatemala supported by the CIA) or make Teddy Riner a US citizen with a view to the 2028 Olympics, I don't see what he has to gain from it.
He's a gambler who reasons in terms of cost/benefit and who only understands the language of power dynamics.
How much crazier is that scenario compared to invading Greenland? We are through the looking glass already.
Invading the territory of a country possessing nuclear weapons is indeed much crazier. In fact, you can't get any crazier than that. There is a huge difference between attacking Greenland (which would already be completely crazy) and the scenario you imagine.
Depends I guess on what you believe the post-Greenland new status quo would be. I think the two only realistic outcomes are complete serfdom from Europe or a major escalation.
My bet (but hey... I'm not Clausewitz) is that both parts would avoid any major escalation at all costs in Greenland. The other day I was listening to a podcast (https://lerubicon.org/collimateur-09-01-26/) about all this. One of the expert guests brought up the seemingly absurd (but not so absurd, actually) idea of European and American soldiers facing each other without firing a shot. A kind of 'frozen' conflict on a frozen land...