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France: working with allies on plan should US make move on Greenland (www.reuters.com)
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France is working with partners on a plan over how to respond should the United States act on its threat to take over Greenland, Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Wednesday.

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[โ€“] Disillusionist@piefed.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Fair enough. I posted this rather long comment elsewhere, but what I said there pretty much explains a lot of my thoughts on the situation.

I wouldn't put much past the current American administration. I haven't been able to shake this impression that we might really be looking a the telegraphing of an invasion. From what we know and have seen, the administration is very much itching to apply the fullest extent of its powers. It's defined by unprecedented and extraordinary use of extralegal action and complete disregard for how it might be seen by the world at large.

They said for years that Russia wouldn't move on Ukraine, and then green men marched in and took over Crimea. It's no secret how much America is becoming increasingly like Russia in every way. US already has significant military presence in Greenland โ€” a green men play would be really easy. And Greenland also has a surprising number of politicians who openly say that they prefer the security offered by Trump's America over Denmark, even as they declare that they want independence (experts argue that independence might make them even more vulnerable to takeover right now). It's easy to assume that at least some Greenland doors would open up to an American green man advance.

Also, as far as consequences for taking over Greenland, we seem to be primarily looking at a breakup of NATO โ€” something that is also on this US administration's longstanding wish list. Experts don't seem to think it's ultimately likely to result in an actual war so much as make it crystal clear that the old rules no longer apply, and that the US isn't a friend (the Article 5 debate is shaky, especially against the prospect of actually going to war against America, and especially while NATO is also dealing with the Russian war in Ukraine). On paper it kind of reads like a win-win-win situation for the current brazen, imperialist, and isolationist American kleptocracy.

I'd say we at least need to take this stuff seriously.

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[โ€“] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

What I think we should expect from this administration is an ever expanding and aggressive move towards control of the Americas. Yes, that includes Greenland but it also seems.like too much of a.pain in the ass. Everything south of thw border is going to take precedent. Or, we could invade Canada next week. Who the fuck knows with these terrorists.