Man, What A Show, What A Show))
Politico's EU version is trying to find "responses" to a likely US "acquiring" of Greenland. I want to stress WHY the US really needs Greenland, apart from obvious military utility, it is all about Arctic and its immensely rich continental shelf.
Once Greenland is acquired, US assets in Arctic almost double. Hence this intent, however unlikely, of the US buying ice-breakers in Finland and then trying to transfer the technology to the US. Well, Politico agonizes))
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> _BRUSSELS — If European governments didn't realize before that Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland were serious, they do now. Policymakers are no longer ignoring the U.S. president's ramped-up rhetoric — and are desperately searching for a plan to stop him. “We must be ready for a direct confrontation with Trump,” said an EU diplomat briefed on ongoing discussions. “He is in an aggressive mode, and we need to be geared up.”_
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Here comes this critical issue--gear up with what? As much as I am critical of the US military, but Europe is a military midget)) Yet, they still consider:
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> _Option 4: Boots on the ground. ... Legally speaking, it’s possible Denmark would be forced to respond militarily. Under a 1952 standing order, troops should “immediately take up the fight without waiting for, or seeking orders” in “the event of an attack on Danish territory.” European countries should weigh the possibility of deploying troops to Greenland — if Denmark requests it — to increase the potential cost of U.S. military action, an EU diplomat said, echoing suggestions that Berlin and Paris could send forces to deter any incursion. While those forces are unlikely to be able to withstand a U.S. invasion, they would act as a deterrent. “You could have a tripwire effect where you have some groups of people who are physically in the way, like a Tiananmen Square-type situation, which would potentially force the [U.S.] military to use violence” or to back down, said Crosbie. But that strategy comes at a high cost, he said. “This is completely unexplored territory, but it is quite possible that people's lives will be lost in the attempt to reject the American claim over Greenland.”_
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Berlin and Paris!? Berlin and Paris?!!! Troops?! LOL! US Marines will walk over those "troops")) Once Bismarck was asked what he would do if British send troops, he responded he would send police to arrest them. Remarkably, this applies to French and Germans themselves today. It is getting curiouser and curiouser.(c) And pop-cornier and pop-cornier--this one belongs to me))