Those Danes should study the Falklands war. Using F35 in this situation is like brining in a billion dollar paperweight to the battle.s
I'm sure they'd be grateful for your expert analysis. Maybe you could offer to teach at their war college?
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Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
#332Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Thank God for the French France has nowhere the military power to resist a country like the US. They have not invested in the military for a very long time and most of their equipment is completely outdated.
France has completely sovereign nukes and the only first-strike nuclear doctrine in the world. It has the military power to resist any country.
It's not the only country with that doctrine. See [1]. I think only China and India is no first use.
[1]: https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/nuclear-declaratory-p...
Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
#333> 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…
> Thank God for the French France has nowhere the military power to resist a country like the US. They have not invested in the military for a very long time and most of their equipment is completely outdated.
Maybe not but they have enough to be useful. They do have nukes - a US invasion of France would not be a good idea. On the more realistic end of things the French are able to provide military intelligence to Ukraine to counter the US president turning it off to help his mate Vlad.
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#334Earlier quoted context omitted.
What does post-USA world mean? Who is the leader in culture, business, technology? The only other contender I can think of is China. And this is better?
Much better. China is far more reliable and dependable than dealing with a lying narcissistic paedophile and his cronies.
Careful what you wish for, their History revisionism is remarkable and soon you'd find a narrative preaching that Western culture was all made up (in part by the usual suspects), not even the Holocaust will survive - just follow some social media trends and you'll see what's already happening.
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Sending experts to the US to "help" and sending warships to an active war zone are not the same thing. > Starmer refuses to send warships to Strait of Hormuz. PM rejects Trump’s call for reinforcements to stave off mounting economic crisis > France will never take part in operations to unblock Hormuz Strait amid hostilities, says Macron > European countries reject Trump’s call for help to reopen strait of Hormuz > Th…
It is on the table, on the table means it is still discussed, that is what they are there for. If it wasn't on the table they wouldn't go there to discuss it. On the table doesn't mean it is already decided they will send anything.
Who's discussing what exactly? Give sources, everyone publicly said it's not on the table. Your own link doesn't mention any of this.
France/UK/Spain/Italy/Germany/Greece all very clearly stated they won't send jack shit to Hormuz while the war is active, they're the biggest navies in Europe, so who's left?
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I am equally dismayed at recent US behavior; but this is a short sighted view. 1. Geopolitics is always unpredictable. Maybe the US has been unreliable lately, but the idea that there are states out there which have been bastions of reliability is not historically accurate. All great powers have screwed people over or made disastrous decisions. It’s mostly just the US’s turn now. 2. This all happened 20 years ago wit…
I do agree with some of your points and I believe some aspects of it might be right but there is a big difference between the past and present because this time, its America attacking EU sovereignity/other countries and so many things all at once literally within less than a year. Just count all the things that america did in the last year and try to imagine as a foreigner or foreign nation once as an exercise. All o…
I mean I definitely agree that a lot of trust has been lost, and that a lot of work will be needed to patch things up.
Where I don't agree is that 1) this is somehow irreversible 2) that it really affects American citizens on the personal level – from personal experience, as an American living in Europe for the last decade, I've had basically zero negative interactions with people or hostile accusations. Most people do understand that the American government is a bit out of control, and American culture is in a tumultuous period. If anything I'd say it tends more toward sympathy than anger.
So while this is definitely a big, huge, giant problem, it's also a problem that I think the Europeans and Japanese want America to solve, and would basically rather America solve it than do anything else. Especially when there aren't really other geopolitical options at the table, the EU can't have a coherent singular opinion on Russia or Ukraine, etc.
Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
#337Russia's invasion ironically strengthened NATO, with more countries joining or feeling the usefulness of it. Somehow the US managed to break down all that good will in such a short amount of time.. I think it's hard to overstate how much more hostile people look at the US the last few years. So much soft power has been lost.
> Somehow the US managed to break down all that good will in such a short amount of time Because US administration is compromised. Putin says jump, Krasnov asks how high.
Yes, I'm sure Putin told Trump to take out 2 of his allies in succession...
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Macbooks are built in China. Personally I have a Lenovo laptop (China) running Ubuntu (UK), on an LG monitor (Korea) with a logitech (Switzerland) mouse on an Ikea (Denmark) desk connected to a Mikrotik (Latvia) router.
I guess it's global supply chains when it's convenient for your argument, but not when it's inconvenient? Does Denmark build all the Ikea furniture? Who do you think designs the MacBook, chipsets, and more? Who designs and builds the semiconductors for your Lenovo laptop?
> Does Denmark build all the Ikea furniture?
That would be so funny if it wasn't clear that you are serious.
> Who do you think designs the MacBook, chipsets, and more? Who designs and builds the semiconductors for your Lenovo laptop?
Why don't you tell us?
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Much better. China is far more reliable and dependable than dealing with a lying narcissistic paedophile and his cronies.
You get downvotes, but even if China is an authoritarian oppressive regime, they are not going around starting wars and threatening their allies, changing directions daily.
I am not Chinese. In fact we feel threatened by China.
However, if China does come to occupy a majorly influential seat at the table it will not be the for the first time. The last time it did, it did not impose it's will beyond its boundaries.
It is to be seen whether that repeats.
Re: Denmark was reportedly preparing for full-scale war with the US over Greenland
#340Earlier quoted context omitted.
What does post-USA world mean? Who is the leader in culture, business, technology? The only other contender I can think of is China. And this is better?
Much better. China is far more reliable and dependable than dealing with a lying narcissistic paedophile and his cronies.
Much better is rather an exaggeration. China is ruthlessly 'colonizing' Africa for example. Not that 'the west' has any leg to stand on criticizing China for it of course.
But China currently is a lot more stable and somewhat more trustworthy than the U.S.