Senate Republican: Greenland Invasion Would be 'weapons-grade stupid'

At this point, I am wondering...

Is this Greenland claim by Pres Trump merely a distraction away from his (and Sec Rubio's) end-goal of regime-change in Cuba?

Asked differently, Denmark and Greenland have been quite friendly allies towards the US in the past. So, why not just talk with them about a larger US military presence in Greenland, if that is Pres trump's goal?

Miller: Nobody's going to fight the United States militarily' over Greenland
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... White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller doubled down on President Trump's renewed threats to make Greenland a U.S. territory, but he dismissed the prospect that a military confrontation would be necessary to achieve that goal.

In an interview on CNN's "The Lead," the top White House adviser reaffirmed the "formal position of the U.S. government" that "Greenland should be part of the United States" and brushed off questions about the potential for military actions against the semiautonomous Danish territory.

"The United States should have Greenland as part of the United States. There's no need to even think or talk about this in the context that you're asking, of a military operation," Miller told CNN's Jake Tapper, who asked repeatedly if Miller would rule out military action against Greenland.

"Nobody's going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland," Miller added. ...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter

We have a small presence there. It's all about the vast, untapped resources under the soil in Greenland. And man, is it massive!

Greenland's weather means a very, very short season in which to mine anything. Winds, unstable loose rock on hills and mountains, ice, subzero temps, etc etc.

Maybe Trump's just looking at a map, dazzled at how it's practically a big as the US and Canada combined

@#4

I heard one report that Pres Trump is concerned about the Chinese and Russian submarines that have been seem around Greenland, and that is a reason why he wants to invade and take over Greenland.

Add that to the EU seeming to be saying that if the US invades Greenland, it would be the end of NATO.

OK, taking a step back here ...

If you were Pres Putin, and you wanted to weaken/destroy NATO, what would you do now?

If it were me, I'd place even more submarines in the waters around Greenland to provoke Pres Trump even more to invade Greenland and destroy NATO.

Maybe Trump's just looking at a map, dazzled at how it's practically a big as the US and Canada combined>/i>

Of course he is.

Marco Rubio looks haunted in his pictures with Trump.

"Miller: Nobody's going to fight the United States militarily' over Greenland"

We'll be greeted as liberators.

"Miller: Nobody's going to fight the United States militarily' over Greenland"

It's in the nature of Neocons, a part of their very core, to insist that nothing bad ever happens to anyone who starts a war.

Related to this: I thought that MAGA hated Neocons?

Hell, they've called me a Neocon for suggesting that the Ukrainians should resist Russia. I think I was supposed to feel bad.

No more foreign wars? Didn't Trump/MAGA run on that? Promise and pinky-swear?

Jesus. I'm still waiting for you people to take responsibility for Iraq.

War and the spoils of war are like heroin to you people.

Again, you can see why Obama got the Nobel prize.

With all this trumpism, if 48 plays it humble one result. Comes in full of bluster, another result.

I heard one report that Pres Trump is concerned about the Chinese and Russian submarines that have been seem around Greenland, and that is a reason why he wants to invade and take over Greenland.

No its because of .... Greenland - As viewed from a proper map (Mercator map projection is ----).

Why Greenland? Well because Moscow bases almost all of their strategic military assets on the Kola Peninsula next to Finland. This is where the Russian ICBM silos, submarine bases, and their strategic bombers are.

If you look at the flight path (ballistic or powered) from Kola to anywhere on the lower 48, then everything goes over Greenland.

Greenland is the theatre where any strategic exchange between Washington and Moscow is contested.

If you want to intercept a ballistic missile, the best point to do so is at the apogee, at the top of the flight path. The shortest route for an interceptor to get to an apogee is from directly below the apogee.

That's where Greenland is.

So, without stating what should happen here, this is **why** the Trump administration says they **need** Greenland for national security.

The other thing that is happening is that the Northern Passage through the Arctic is opening up, and soon there will be Chinese cargo ships sailing through the Arctic to Rotterdam. It's faster than the Suez and the ships aren't limited to Suezmax size so China and EU trade is going to accelerate a lot.

This means Chinese submarines will also be venturing under the Arctic into the Northern Atlantic, IF THEY AREN'T ALREADY DOING SO.

Hence, the North East coast of Greenland serves not 1 but 2 critical strategic security objectives of US national security.

If this wasn't clear to you, please understand that the Mercator global map projection is for children and journalists only. It is not a useful guide to where any countries or territories actually are in the real world that we live in.

No self respecting adult should be using Mercator for their worldview. Anyone saying "there must be some other secret reason for Trump being interested in Greenland" is a certified ignoramus.
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The US has a base in Greenland, but I suspect intelligent defenders are thinking of building more, and to be used to stage attacks as well. Imagine the advantage of having missiles in Greenland vs South Dakota.

#12 After reading all of that while drunk, I can only add that Trump is an orange pedophile adjudicated rapist Russian asset that took horse-paste for COVID-19. Your post convinced me.

... French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that the United States was "breaking free from international rules" and "gradually turning away" from some of its allies in a traditional New Year address designed to spell out France's foreign policy priorities for the 12 months ahead.

"Multilateral institutions are functioning less and less effectively," Macron said in his annual speech to French ambassadors gathered at the lyse Palace in Paris. "We are living in a world of great powers with a real temptation to divide up the world," he added.

Macron's speech comes as European powers scramble to come up with a coordinated response to Washington's increasingly assertive foreign policy in the Western hemisphere, including its capture of Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro and President Donald Trump's designs on Greenland. ...

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