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This is why there is a race on for Greenland. (And Svalbard?) Ice melting in the Arctic is not a linear process. There will most likely be ice free summers in
by jamesblonde 2y ago
This is why there is a race on for Greenland. (And Svalbard?)
Ice melting in the Arctic is not a linear process. There will most likely be ice free summers in the Arctic within most people here's lifetime.
- kulahan 2y agoI apologize if this is a joke and I missed it, but Greenland is an important strategic warfare location when considering the defense of the US against Russia. It’s absolutely not because there might be bearable summers 50 years from now.
- Gud 2y agoDonald trump wants to build casino resorts for himself and exploit whatever resources are there. Plus, by annexing Greenland, he will have made the US bigger, which will look good for him in the future. Do you really think Donald trump gives a shit about strategic interests? Do you really think he sees Russia as a threat?
- cactacea 2y agoI refuse to believe it is anything other than Greenland looking big on most maps. There's nothing strategic about this.
- mrguyorama 2y agoIf it was a "strategic warfare" reason, there would be no talk of anything, since Greenland has been very involved in NATO efforts for decades and we literally have a military base there already, and have worked hard to build infrastructure there to deny Russia the ability to escape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIUK_gap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIUK_gap If the Trump admin was concerned about Russia, we would be cozying up to NATO, Canada, Europe, Denmark, Greenland etc, not fucking with them. So why are we fucking with them if it's so important to work with them to defend against Russia? The obvious answer is that Fascists ALWAYS do this bullshit. Because they are morons that can't conceive of power on the world stage in a way OTHER than outright ownership of territory.
- jamesblonde 2y agoBasically legacy. I re-built mother russia. I built mother north america - "trumpland".