Peter Bendixen 🇩🇰 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
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"It's always darkest.....just before it turns pitch black."
- John McCain
- John McCain
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BREAKING: A full-scale airlift is running around the clock, transporting troops and military equipment to Greenland.
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Stor operation i gang: Fly strømmer til Grønland med europæiske soldater
I flere døgn har militære transportfly fløjet i pendulfart mellem Danmark og Grønland. Fredag aften landede et stort antal soldater i Nuuk.
www.dr.dk
January 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
BREAKING: A full-scale airlift is running around the clock, transporting troops and military equipment to Greenland.
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
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I think TGA also has a generational Euro-centreleftish fear of what Europe might become again if it restarts a Griff zur Weltmacht. But I think Europe and Europeans are down a great power path with unavoidable internal and external risks that will have to be fought over in EUCO, EP, MS politics
January 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I think TGA also has a generational Euro-centreleftish fear of what Europe might become again if it restarts a Griff zur Weltmacht. But I think Europe and Europeans are down a great power path with unavoidable internal and external risks that will have to be fought over in EUCO, EP, MS politics
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The United States needs military access to Greenland, which it already has, to defend the Arctic, which it already does, from Russian and Chinese ships, which aren’t actually there, and this is so important we should destroy the Western alliance to get it, do I have that right?
January 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM
The United States needs military access to Greenland, which it already has, to defend the Arctic, which it already does, from Russian and Chinese ships, which aren’t actually there, and this is so important we should destroy the Western alliance to get it, do I have that right?
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Trump to Reuters: “Putin is ready to make a deal. We have to get Zelensky to go along with it.”
January 15, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Trump to Reuters: “Putin is ready to make a deal. We have to get Zelensky to go along with it.”
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In case you were wondering...
www.youtube.com/shorts/e1hHj...
www.youtube.com/shorts/e1hHj...
What is Greenland called in Greenlandic? Day 56 of 60.
YouTube video by Q's Greenland
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January 15, 2026 at 4:03 AM
In case you were wondering...
www.youtube.com/shorts/e1hHj...
www.youtube.com/shorts/e1hHj...
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I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.
January 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM
I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.
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Should we call Denmark "done with their transition" now?
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Should we call Denmark "done with their transition" now?
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And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
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Full 2025 Chinese trade data now out. Headline is clearly a historical global record $1.2 trillion surplus with the world
What of Europe?
📈China's trade surplus with the EU: +18.1%
📈 with Germany: +108%
📈 with France: +23.9%
📈 with Italy: +32.6%
📈 with Netherlands: +1.4%
What of Europe?
📈China's trade surplus with the EU: +18.1%
📈 with Germany: +108%
📈 with France: +23.9%
📈 with Italy: +32.6%
📈 with Netherlands: +1.4%
January 14, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Full 2025 Chinese trade data now out. Headline is clearly a historical global record $1.2 trillion surplus with the world
What of Europe?
📈China's trade surplus with the EU: +18.1%
📈 with Germany: +108%
📈 with France: +23.9%
📈 with Italy: +32.6%
📈 with Netherlands: +1.4%
What of Europe?
📈China's trade surplus with the EU: +18.1%
📈 with Germany: +108%
📈 with France: +23.9%
📈 with Italy: +32.6%
📈 with Netherlands: +1.4%
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By kow-towing to Trump on trade the EU convinced him, and others no doubt, that it was weak, which just encourages more bullying. If as a result the US takes Greenland by force, the EU will have to do much more forceful things than imposing a 35% tariff or whatever. Weakness makes us all less safe.
January 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
By kow-towing to Trump on trade the EU convinced him, and others no doubt, that it was weak, which just encourages more bullying. If as a result the US takes Greenland by force, the EU will have to do much more forceful things than imposing a 35% tariff or whatever. Weakness makes us all less safe.
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🚨 Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen rejects being part of the United States in any way:
“We are now facing a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark.”
“We are now facing a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark.”
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
🚨 Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen rejects being part of the United States in any way:
“We are now facing a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark.”
“We are now facing a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark.”
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Is it possible that certain politicians defend X because "those on the other side“ criticize it? Has UK politics become so moronically polarized and binary that people would say the most absurd things simply because it is the opposite of what the others say? Is this a pathetic culture war issue now?
January 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Is it possible that certain politicians defend X because "those on the other side“ criticize it? Has UK politics become so moronically polarized and binary that people would say the most absurd things simply because it is the opposite of what the others say? Is this a pathetic culture war issue now?
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/2 Anyway, America was never about everyone loving liberty; America was always about enough people loving liberty and being willing to defend it to keep down the people with totalitarian souls.
January 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
/2 Anyway, America was never about everyone loving liberty; America was always about enough people loving liberty and being willing to defend it to keep down the people with totalitarian souls.
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Totally agree. I have been saying for a long time that Ukraine has been buying time, at a terrible cost, for the rest of Europe to wake up and respond effectively to the Russian threat. Most Western European leaders still seem to be sleeping.
“So, no longer speak about “aiding” Ukraine. The Ukrainians are aiding Europeans and Americans by fighting for their survival. We owe them our gratitude, not the other way around.”
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January 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Totally agree. I have been saying for a long time that Ukraine has been buying time, at a terrible cost, for the rest of Europe to wake up and respond effectively to the Russian threat. Most Western European leaders still seem to be sleeping.
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IR Realists saying farewell to the Rational Actor Assumption
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM
IR Realists saying farewell to the Rational Actor Assumption
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If Pahlavi comes back to Tehran I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of IRGC leaders and units suddenly rebrand comfortably in a new regime as part of an Iranian Royal Guard Corps
Though the IRGC cutting a deal with Iranian monarchists in the style of the New Model Army agreeing terms with Charles II after Cromwell's death is an interesting scenario to consider
January 10, 2026 at 1:35 PM
If Pahlavi comes back to Tehran I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of IRGC leaders and units suddenly rebrand comfortably in a new regime as part of an Iranian Royal Guard Corps
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Yes, there are exceptions in the Copenhagen convention regarding safety and environment
But we need not that, these ships with false flags are lawless. Any nations navy can stop them anywhere (incl intl waters) to further investigate their status.
The goal is open for Baltic States on these ships.
But we need not that, these ships with false flags are lawless. Any nations navy can stop them anywhere (incl intl waters) to further investigate their status.
The goal is open for Baltic States on these ships.
January 10, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Yes, there are exceptions in the Copenhagen convention regarding safety and environment
But we need not that, these ships with false flags are lawless. Any nations navy can stop them anywhere (incl intl waters) to further investigate their status.
The goal is open for Baltic States on these ships.
But we need not that, these ships with false flags are lawless. Any nations navy can stop them anywhere (incl intl waters) to further investigate their status.
The goal is open for Baltic States on these ships.
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Again what European leader is calling Trump and pulling a Mark Carney???
Elbows out, Europe. Or else this really could get out of control. And it would mean the end of NATO. Time to escalate to deescalate.
Elbows out, Europe. Or else this really could get out of control. And it would mean the end of NATO. Time to escalate to deescalate.
Trump: "I'm a fan of Denmark too. They've been very nice to me. But the fact that they had a boat land there [Greenland] 500 years ago doesn't mean they own the land. I'm sure we had lots of boats go there also."
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Again what European leader is calling Trump and pulling a Mark Carney???
Elbows out, Europe. Or else this really could get out of control. And it would mean the end of NATO. Time to escalate to deescalate.
Elbows out, Europe. Or else this really could get out of control. And it would mean the end of NATO. Time to escalate to deescalate.
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The failure of the UK and the EU to ban X is suicidal malpractice.
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that:
If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
religiondispatches.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
The failure of the UK and the EU to ban X is suicidal malpractice.
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Ok, now let me put the griping aside. This is a big geopolitical move. It is great that the elected leaders of Europe made a democratic, collective decision to lower trade barriers with Mercosur countries. Interchange with Europe is a powerful attraction! (Reopen griping: but 25 years was too long.)
The EU really knows how to hide its light under a bushel. It has just passed the world's biggest trade deal (with Mercosur) - using a written procedure among ambassadors, making the public barely notices a huge strategic step forward for Europe. Contrast with Trump's made-for-TV signing ceremonies.
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Ok, now let me put the griping aside. This is a big geopolitical move. It is great that the elected leaders of Europe made a democratic, collective decision to lower trade barriers with Mercosur countries. Interchange with Europe is a powerful attraction! (Reopen griping: but 25 years was too long.)
Europe faces a pincer attack from White House ideologues backed by Silicon Valley and its far-right proxies | Armida van Rij
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe faces a pincer attack from White House ideologues backed by Silicon Valley and its far-right proxies | Armida van Rij
US tech bosses are exerting leverage on EU regulators via Trump and Vance. But Europe isn’t powerless, and it isn’t alone, says the Centre for European Reform’s Armida van Rij
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Europe faces a pincer attack from White House ideologues backed by Silicon Valley and its far-right proxies | Armida van Rij
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The proper response would for European nations to close all air space in Western Ukraine and deploy air defense assets as well as fighter jets in this sector.
January 9, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The proper response would for European nations to close all air space in Western Ukraine and deploy air defense assets as well as fighter jets in this sector.
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If he means WWII, there were no US casualties in Greenland during the war. The casualties from patrols destroying Nazi weather bases were Danish.
If he means SS Dorchester getting torpedoed near Greenland, that's part of the Battle of the Atlantic, which wasn't about protecting Greenland.
If he means SS Dorchester getting torpedoed near Greenland, that's part of the Battle of the Atlantic, which wasn't about protecting Greenland.
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
January 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM
If he means WWII, there were no US casualties in Greenland during the war. The casualties from patrols destroying Nazi weather bases were Danish.
If he means SS Dorchester getting torpedoed near Greenland, that's part of the Battle of the Atlantic, which wasn't about protecting Greenland.
If he means SS Dorchester getting torpedoed near Greenland, that's part of the Battle of the Atlantic, which wasn't about protecting Greenland.
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The coalition of the willing is spending too much time on hypothetical postwar scenarios and not enough on pressuring Russia to actually end its war on Ukraine.
Without that pressure, the war will continue and postwar plans will be worthless
Without that pressure, the war will continue and postwar plans will be worthless
January 6, 2026 at 10:34 PM
The coalition of the willing is spending too much time on hypothetical postwar scenarios and not enough on pressuring Russia to actually end its war on Ukraine.
Without that pressure, the war will continue and postwar plans will be worthless
Without that pressure, the war will continue and postwar plans will be worthless
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I agree, & have been advocating this for months.
Support with Western interceptors to protect western and central Ukraine — known as "SkyShield" — would already be possible and sensible now, i.e., before a ceasefire is concluded.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The mirage of a European 'reassurance force' in Ukraine
As President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Paris for the Coalition of the Willing talks, a key topic on the agenda is the "European-led multinational force Ukraine." A draft statement by the Coalition…
www.yahoo.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I agree, & have been advocating this for months.