5 ms·

Nobody stopped Russia from invading Crimea... I doubt anyone is going to stop them from invading Greenland.

• hnzix 7y ago
  Denmark is part of NATO. Very different scenario. Invading Greenland would be declaring war with 29 countries.
  • DuskStar 7y ago
    That works against non-NATO countries. If the US decided to turn its military basing agreements into ownership, there's not much anyone could really do to stop them. (If I had to do it, I'd follow the general pattern of greatly expanding those bases and the surrounding communities and eventually holding a referendum on whether the island should remain Danish or join the US - a referendum in which all the island's residents could vote, including US military)
    • vijayr02 7y ago
      Why would the US do this? They are the incumbents and there's no advantage (and possibly only disadvantage) to owning this territory. My personal view is that the current geographical extent of the United States is static; there is no political will to change this - and why would you, when you can get all the benefits without the problems?
    • fit2rule 7y ago
      How about American citizens consider removing their heinously destabilising military bases from other sovereign states, and instead using those resources to make the lives of their own citizens better? The world is tired of the USA bully thug politics involved in its placement of military bases around the world, and the arrogance of those who support these imperialist actions is very telling. These bases are not making the world more stable - they are, however, making the 1% of America's lifted military-industrial-pharmaceutical classes more wealthy.
      • toasterlovin 7y ago
        America is the worst. Except for all the world powers that came before. Be careful what you wish for.
        • fit2rule 7y ago
          Things can get a lot, lot better than what America has to offer the world. Don't lose hope.
          • macspoofing 7y ago
            In what way. The way I see it if America pulls back, the alternative is either China picking up the mantle of a superpower and enforcing its world view ... or anarchy where local despots enforce a regional order as they see fit. Did you ever wonder why there was/is a proliferation of democracies and the lack of regional wars between local despots? I'm genuinely curious what you imagine would replace the present American world order.
            • fit2rule 7y ago
              >I'm genuinely curious what you imagine would replace the present American world order. The present American world order requires: a) utter ignorance of its war crimes by its people, b) endless debt to pay for war and war machines, c) invalidation of sovereignty of foreign nations according to American political expediency, d) the pretence of a society governed by systems of democracy while factually being run by a cabal of oligarchs, e) more spent on war per week than on health care for its citizens per year, f) the continued degradation of cultures deemed inferior by the ruling cabal. I'd be happier if the major world power was actually democratic and used its powers to increase peoples health and well-being rather than the wholesale destruction of, and mass interference with, states not towing the American line ..
              • macspoofing 7y ago
                You're very good at pointing all the things that you hate about America and you're very good at wishing for an Utopia. Guess what! So is everyone else. Every human is a little arm-chair general about everything. What's hard is building something in a complex, gray world. So I ask again, what do you think will ACTUALLY happen if America collapses or pulls back to only concern itself with what happens within its border?
    • hnzix 7y ago
      > there's not much anyone could really do to stop them I would suggest that significant % of the remaining 28 members of NATO (including the nuclear armed Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Turkey) would come up with a few ideas.
      • alexhutcheson 7y ago
        I don’t think any of those countries have their own nuclear weapons, unless you’re referring to US weapons controlled by US troops in those countries.
        • petronio 7y ago
          The UK and France are both NATO members and have their own nuclear stockpiles.