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"Following US President Trump's insistence on Greenland, Germany, France, Sweden, and Norway decided to send troops to the island under NATO auspices at Denmark's request."

NATO, dissolved itself

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[-] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 81 points 3 weeks ago

The entire European deployment:

Germany 13, Norway 2, UK 1

With this they have reached the limit of their capabilities and exhausted their 2026 budget.

[-] Azarova@hexbear.net 48 points 3 weeks ago

More pathetic than if they had done nothing at all

[-] Drstrange2love@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago

Just to say they did something before handing Greenland over to Trump.

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

US drones have a built-in whiteness detector tho, so these troops are safe.

[-] ghost_of_faso3@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

In greenland the whiteness will make it so the drones cannot target literally anything

[-] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago

"Where we even are, is this Ukraine?"

[-] RedStarBear@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure they'll also provide several stern stares to deter any further escelation.

[-] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Aaaand...they've run away already:

[-] NothingButBits@lemmygrad.ml 59 points 3 weeks ago

NATO hasn't dissolved. This will be a situation where EU and US will fight and disagree on Greenland, but continue to support the rest of the imperialist project. However, the contradictions are growing, and will eventually become unsustainable.

[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 43 points 3 weeks ago

Where are they going to stay if the U.S. has the only military base there

[-] SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml 45 points 3 weeks ago

According to r/Europe our soldiers are superior when it comes to arctic warfare and they would beat the US easily, so outside in the snow I guess?

[-] northface@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

Finland would only need one sniper to wipe them out.

[-] Gosplan14_the_Third@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

Outnumber the American troops stationed there and if an attack comes, instantly detain them as POW?

[-] huf@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

there's probably a few airbnbs there, no?

[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago
[-] VladimirLimeMint@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Glacier warfare

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 42 points 3 weeks ago

To give them a welcome i bet ๐Ÿ˜‚

[-] Twongo@lemmy.ml 41 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Vertraumir@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 3 weeks ago

Norway sent 2, probably on vacation or something ๐Ÿ’€

[-] MasterDeeLuke@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 3 weeks ago

Probably out there being assimilated by The Thing I bet.

[-] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 3 weeks ago

Given what people are saying about the number of soldiers, I wonder if it's meant to be symbolic more than anything? Like "you could technically start a war with us by starting something with these soldiers"?

[-] laranis@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 weeks ago

I don't want to give the fascists too much credit, but is Greenland a distraction from Ukraine? Perhaps it is believed a diversion of forces to head off an imaginary invasion of Greenland will lessen the volume and rate of EU support to the eastern front?

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 39 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm sure these 16 troops and their respective equipment were going to turn the tides of the war in ukraine ๐Ÿ˜… not mentioning that the US is still the primary benefactor of Ukraine.

[-] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 3 weeks ago

I'd sooner think a distraction from Venezuela. If everyone is outraged about something that might (and then doesn't) happen, then there's less discourse around real crimes.

[-] AF_R@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

The liberal mind truly is incredible

Just off in a completely false reality

[-] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

With the world warming the Artic is opening up and Greenland itself will have a lot of strategic importance because of it. It also has a lot of natural resources that currently are difficult to be extracted but after the ice melts will be ripe for the taking.

So the Orange Man is making a cynical play that makes sense, unfortunately.

[-] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

They're there to lick the floor so US troops don't fall

[-] EuthanatosMurderhobo@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago
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