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Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland

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Post by gib444 »

mcv wrote: post #101
jacquesm wrote: post #9

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Note that this is from a country that wouldn't exist if not for the allied countries and that the US has somehow managed to all but erase that reputation. We recognize our debt, we also recognize that this is to a country that no longer exists in a meaningful way. All we have now is multiple variations of the mob.

The way you pay off that debt is not to the original liberator now turned oppressor, but by extending similar help to countries that are now in a similar bind as we were then. Like Ukraine. I really think we are morally obligated to liberate and help Ukraine. Our debt to the US has long been paid off. It was paid off when we submitted to their economic world order, when we bought their goods and their entertainment,…

> Our debt to the US has long been paid off. It was paid off when we submitted to their economic world order, when we bought their goods and their entertainment, when we bought their software and let our own software industry dwindle, and finally when we went to war on their side on their questionable military adventures.

> We owe the US nothing.

Hear hear. Well said

Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland

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Post by techteach00 »

njovin wrote: post #136
philipallstar wrote: post #59

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> and took giant amounts of holiday Trump took more than double the amount of vacation days in his first term, and if the golf tracker is accurate, he's on pace to increase it this term. > Trump's talking basically every day in front of press I'm not sure if talking === communicating_effectively. There are certainly noises coming out of his mouth, if that's the only metric we care about. > Joe Biden was in far, far w…

The truth is Obama whether you like him or not was the last traditional post War American President.

Biden copied Trumps extremist way of Government. Biden said (totally abnormal comments for a president) "we've been patient with the unvaccinated, but our patience is wearing thin" highly aggressive comments. Trump is basically using that same language with illegal immigrants and Americans critical of Israel and the Iran war.

Both are senile. Bidens was more pronounced but less erratic/manic as Trumps. That make Trumps senility more dangerous.

Both Biden and Trump wanted to use media organizations to censor their political opponents. Trump using FCC to remove broadcast licenses for critical media, Biden administration communicating with social media companies to get users that post critical content banned.

If you still view this as a partisan problem, where one side is the good guy. We won't get anywhere. The United States and the interests that control it, both D and R, are at war with the American people. Im my opinion.

Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland

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Post by dspillett »

easytiger wrote: post #106
jacquesm wrote: post #20

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Trust me, Denmark wasn't posturing. The assumption was - and still is - that the USA wasn't posturing either. We (and I realize I obviously don't speak for all of Europe but I have my finger on the pulse in many places here) are also not assuming that when Trump is gone the USA will go back to normal.

This is absurd in the extreme. In actual war there is absolutely no possibility of success for Denmark, even with the help of allies. Failure to capitulate results in nothing but death and destruction with no hope of strategic gain to begin with. What you are likely experiencing is a modern belief that screaming and shouting will bring popular diplomatic pressure to bear on the opponent, thus arresting their actions.…

> What you are likely experiencing is a modern belief that screaming and shouting will bring […]

I wonder which particular set of states that are united might have given people the impression that might work in recent times!

> There was similar tough talk in 1940

If your comparison there is intentional, we agree which side of history the current US regime is on. Unless it gets to write that history, of course.

Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland

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Post by jacquesm »

easytiger wrote: post #185
vrganj wrote: post #161

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France has a nuclear deterrent it has stated has "a European dimension". Don't go around poking hornets nests if you don't want to get stung.

You think there's a game theory scenario in the book where France launches a nuclear weapon at mainland USA over a land dispute between them and Denmark?

Would you like to find out?

See, this is what is so dumb about this: you are treating this as if it is some kind of board game. It is exactly why the US gets into these messes over and over again, the incredible overconfidence that because they somehow have battlefield superiority they can do whatever they want. You are exemplifying precisely where the rot in the USA is located.

Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland

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Post by originalvichy »

rishabhaiover wrote: post #99

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This news concerns the biggest shift in Trans-atlantic relations in decades – possibly ever. The US is not losing relationships with single countries such as France. It’s not just scaring a small population like Denmark. The entire ”Western world” has started decoupling from the US. Tech is one of the first targets.

Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland

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Post by mamonster »

vrganj wrote: post #143

> As a source puts it, the French said: "Would you like more soldiers? You could have them. Would you like more naval support? You could have that. Would you like more air support? You could have that too." Thank God for the French. I long thought their strong Gaullist stance on sovereignty was a bit silly in today's world, but turns out they were right along. Europe can't trust any outside powers. Any external depen…

>I long thought their strong Gaullist stance on sovereignty was a bit silly in today's world, but turns out they were right along.

Every single French president since Mitterand (with a brief exception for Iraq that was more than made up by Libya) spent a large part of their time liquidating Gaullism.

Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland

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Post by bregma »

dspillett wrote: post #146
chewbacha wrote: post #22

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Jake Tapper was on the case… against Biden.

Aye. Though those making a big noise about “Sleepy Joe” didn't seem to have a problem electing Drooling Dementia Drone Don.

There is no evidence that dozy Donny the paedo president has dementia. It's just that one of his personality traits is "Arbitrary".

I can just imagine him saying, as he walks into the TV room in the Whitehouse, "I went to Glitterhoof's chamber and gave him a good tumble! It is good to be the king!"

Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland

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Post by hagbarth »

pogue wrote: post #198

The source of this post is this article from a site called dr.dk. Maybe someone can double check the validity of it. Danmark forberedte sig på muligt angreb fra USA [Danish language - no native translation] https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/danmark-forbered... Google translated URL: https://www-dr-dk.translate.goog/nyheder/indland/groenland/d...

Danish public broadcaster. Probably the best reputation in the world on Danish news.

Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland

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Post by fasterik »

pogue wrote: post #198

The source of this post is this article from a site called dr.dk. Maybe someone can double check the validity of it. Danmark forberedte sig på muligt angreb fra USA [Danish language - no native translation] https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/danmark-forbered... Google translated URL: https://www-dr-dk.translate.goog/nyheder/indland/groenland/d...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR_(broadcaster)

>DR is a Danish public-service radio and television broadcasting company. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise.

Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland

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Post by NickC25 »

philipallstar wrote: post #59
zeroCalories wrote: post #25

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And partisan hacks will say that a stubbed toe and terminal cancer are both bad.

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Yet, only one of those two is an admitted pedophile, only one of those two has been convicted of fraud, only one of those two is in the Epstein files, only one of those two is convinced we need to deploy a nuclear weapon in Iran...
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