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> about 15 French soldiers from the mountain infantry unit were already in Nuuk for a military exercise. > Germany will deploy a reconnaissance team of 13 pers
by eimrine 9mo ago
> about 15 French soldiers from the mountain infantry unit were already in Nuuk for a military exercise.
> Germany will deploy a reconnaissance team of 13 personnel to Greenland on Thursday, its Defense Ministry said.
Any sarcastic comments about these numbers?
- Reventlov 9mo agoNo, because obviously it's not about numbers but about politics.
- myko 9mo agoIt's a tripwire force (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripwire_force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripwire_force), and sickening that it is necessary
- palmotea 9mo ago> Any sarcastic comments about these numbers? I'll give it a try: Germany also sent 5,000 military hats. More seriously: I don't even think such a tiny contingent of troops would even work as a tripwire if Trump invades. Trump and his people probably don't have the self control, but if they did it seems like they could just bypass those troops and literally ignore them. I'm reminded of the 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea: my recollection is many of the Ukrainians just surrendered without shots being fired, because their numbers were too small and their positions completely untenable.
- lostlogin 9mo ago> my recollection is many of the Ukrainians just surrendered without shots being fired A key detail is that they Europe and the US didn’t support Ukraine to fight. Neat, especially having facilitated Ukraine’s nuclear weapons being removed.
- vdupras 9mo agoThose soldiers don't need to die for the attack on them (that is, taking them as prisoners) to be an act of war, doesn't it?
- palmotea 9mo agoDo you even have to take them prisoner? Just let them wander around, get on a boat, and go home.
- NedF 9mo ago[dead]
- 31337Logic 9mo agoHow many defending soldiers did your country put up there?
- eimrine 9mo agoMy country is the only European country having such thing as defending soldiers.
- toast0 9mo agoHow many soldiers does it take to make the beaches impassable? https://www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/legosteine-groenland.html https://www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/legosteine-groenland.h...
- jimnotgym 9mo agoThat is really funny. Thank you
- woodpanel 9mo agoThere are already 10 times more US soldiers present on Greenland's Pittufik Space Base. Question is, to whom this fact is more embarrasing: EU politicians or the US admin?
- cc81 9mo agoWhy would it be embarrassing for Europe? It is a symbolic/tripwire force to show that Denmark does not stand alone.
- hexbin010 9mo agoHave the French surrendered yet?
- lm28469 9mo agoDo you want the UE to send 200k troops half way to the other side of the world for a hot conflict with the first military power on their own doorstep ? Because that would be 10 times stupid