EU military chief says it would make sense to put European troops in Greenland, Welt reports | Reuters

@albert180 it's not so simple. It's not just the US base out there, it's the entire US infrastructure in Europe that is at stake. You cannot kick them in some place for being an enemy then do business as usual for the rest of the things. We kinda do have to wigh in the advantages and disadvantages of continuing to do business as usual and if the the cession of Greenland actually happens (in the worst case scenario), we should think what we should get in exchange (because Greenland is quite a high price to pay, not just for Denmark, in order to be an ally).

If we are not to leave the US get Greenland, then we should:

a. See what alternatives we can offer to the US to remain our ally.
b. What alternatives do we got to replace the US as an ally altogether.

@sucius1

Where generals apparently don't look at defense maps and see the biggest base in Greenland is American anyway... We already have troops there we're just being petulant about who gets the mineral rights.

@sucius1 it's a rather unique moment in history. Never before the Europeans as a whole were at odds with the US and thought that we need to do something to stop the US from acquiring new land from us.

Sure, they fought the Spanish to get states like Texas or California if I recall correctly (or maybe some other states from other colonial powers), but we never as a whole thought about teaming up to detter the US from doing something to us.

One consequence that I see is that if the Western Europeans decide to move on and really do something about Greenland, then they will also engage the Eastern Europeans to join, who are having a hard time with Russia. Might be a tit-for-tat move that everyone might benefit from.

<details class="spoiler"><summary>Reveal/hide</summary>(I don't know if spoilers from Friendica federate over Lemmy) It also means that we should think more seriously about nukes.</details>

It makes perfect sense. Trump has threatened to invade Greenland. Troops on the ground would serve as a deterrent.

If they invade Danish Airspace without permission, and refuse to leave, that would be probably necessary as a last resort

Bullies won't back down until you show them resistance. (Like Turkey shooting down a Russian Plane invading their airspace)