return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agoGermany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threatswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareSkeezix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·1 day agoSo the troops are being sent to participate in the dog and pony show they’re putting on for trump. Not to serve as a deterrent. Basically it’s placate trump by sucking his dick.
minus-squareSmoothOperator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoWhy not both? Placate Trump by doing exercises, make it hard for him to attack without killing soldiers from all over NATO
minus-squareWest_of_West@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoEssentially the same as the tripwire force in Latvia. Not enough to hold back Russia but enough NATO countries to draw everyone in.
minus-squareWest_of_West@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYou can’t say that the intent is to threaten the US. That’s a diplomatically ridiculous idea. Better to say “we’ve secured the North, now back off”
So the troops are being sent to participate in the dog and pony show they’re putting on for trump. Not to serve as a deterrent. Basically it’s placate trump by sucking his dick.
Why not both? Placate Trump by doing exercises, make it hard for him to attack without killing soldiers from all over NATO
Essentially the same as the tripwire force in Latvia. Not enough to hold back Russia but enough NATO countries to draw everyone in.
You can’t say that the intent is to threaten the US. That’s a diplomatically ridiculous idea. Better to say “we’ve secured the North, now back off”