Trump said Wednesday that anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies.
  • Skeezix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    37·
    2 days ago

    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.

    • SmoothOperator@lemmy.world
      10·
      2 days ago

      Why not both? Placate Trump by doing exercises, make it hard for him to attack without killing soldiers from all over NATO

      • West_of_West@piefed.socialEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        Essentially the same as the tripwire force in Latvia. Not enough to hold back Russia but enough NATO countries to draw everyone in.

    • West_of_West@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      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”