Loduz_247@lemmy.world to Bluesky@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoIt's a seamless plan according to Trump.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up120
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minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoGreenland belongs to Denmark. Denmark doesn’t want to give it up. So annexing it would constitute an attack of one NATO member on another.
minus-squarewolfpack86@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoDenmark leaves the decision to Greenland’s government on who to ally with.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 days agoExactly. Also, Europe can and likely will start its own defensive alliance sooner or later. But with the US constituting more than half the military power of NATO right now, that won’t amount to much other than keeping the Russians in check.
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoAh, so the issue is that NATO, in order to be effective, is very much dependent on the US being in it. Bother.
Greenland belongs to Denmark. Denmark doesn’t want to give it up. So annexing it would constitute an attack of one NATO member on another.
Denmark leaves the decision to Greenland’s government on who to ally with.
Exactly. Also, Europe can and likely will start its own defensive alliance sooner or later. But with the US constituting more than half the military power of NATO right now, that won’t amount to much other than keeping the Russians in check.
Ah, so the issue is that NATO, in order to be effective, is very much dependent on the US being in it. Bother.