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Sen. Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat, said he will introduce a resolution to block Donald Trump from invading Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory.

Concerns about U.S. action against Greenland have grown on the heels of the attack on Venezuela, which led to the capture of leader Nicolas Maduro.

“Everybody wants us to have a bigger presence in Greenland to combat the Russian/Chinese Arctic influence,” Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said.

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    11 days ago

    That’s very interesting, thank you, I will read up on the “French Connection”

    I did not know that!

    I do know USA has launch sites in Europe and submarines, also. I’m not sure if NATO or the USA controls them the sites in Europe.

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      11 days ago

      IIRC the USA does not have intercontinental missile launch sites in anywhere but the US. The US nukes in Europe are all plane borne bombs.

      Those can’t really be launched unless both the US and the host country agree, and France and the UK have a bunch of those as well.

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        10 days ago

        You’re right on paper, they are weapons to be loaded on to planes…

        Maybe I’m paranoid, but I think they probably have nuclear missiles on US military bases in spite of any agreements.

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            9 days ago

            They never needed to do any of this crap.

            They want to.

            Also, they wouldn’t need to use an ICBM, their targets are very close.

            They just need nuclear warheads and a fast delivery system.