European NATO leaders have issued a joint statement that “Greenland belongs to its people” and it is for the Arctic island and Denmark only to decide on its future, after President Donald Trump’s administration reiterated its wish to take control of it.
The statement said that NATO and its allies had increased its activities and investment to make the Arctic a safe place and that Denmark and Greenland were part of that alliance.
An attack on one of us is an attack on us all.
Regardless of the outcome for us Europeans, good or bad, the USA invading a NATO nation will mean war. Hopefully a phoney war that’s resolved quickly, but regardless, war. Period.
The question is, are they willing to burn every single alliance and friendship they have, and start a literal third world war, just to annex Greenland?
And for what reason? If they wanted more military presence there (they already have some, don’t forget) they could just ask, Denmark is their friend and ally (not that the USA remembers this or cares about alliances any more), and would be open to discussing the details and sorting things out.
It seems like the actions of a deranged madman, not the calculated moves of an intelligent, purposeful world power.
I have a feeling that EU contries would act with as much resolve as was done with Ukraine. So if Greenlanders can’t fight by themselves for a couple years, other EU nations will have no one to donate helmets to.
They would also be more hesitant to make Trump mad than they were ever afraid of upseting Putin.
No one has an apetite for war. Even when it is necessary for your future security. Only dictators are fine with war.
You can’t make a comparison to Ukraine and the Russian invasion. Ukraine isn’t a NATO member nation, whereas Denmark is.
Greenlanders can’t fight the US. They number less than 60,000 souls, a third of those in a single city. Of those willing and able to fight, they’re armed with shotguns and hunting rifles. Worst of all, you can’t fight a guerilla war in the Artic, even deserts are more human friendly. They’d have to magically transform into snow Freman to keep up a fight.
The EU’s choice to stand back on the Ukraine war is exactly what will embolden Trump’s handlers to take Greenland.
The EU can barely fight the US. Do they want to get into a costly war with the US over Greenland? That’s it. That’s literally the only way the heads of government think, in dollar signs. Is the cost of going to war with the US worth more or less than Greenland.
Russia, the US, and China are all making their moves to define the world for the coming century. World War 2 ended 80+ years ago. It’s unfortunately natural for humans to want to fuck shit up again.
I’ve made 100 comments, but here’s another:
As global warming advances, Greenland becomes prime real estate. Prospecting and mining will become easy and practical and year-round Artic shipping lanes will open. Not to mention it’s a great place from which to project naval and air power.