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Shrinking of the ice caps is opening up a whole new theatre for trade, natural resource extraction, and more importantly conflict.
by threecheese 9mo ago
Shrinking of the ice caps is opening up a whole new theatre for trade, natural resource extraction, and more importantly conflict.
- UncleMeat 9mo ago"New spaces for trade and natural resource extraction" doesn't sound like "unbelievably, stupendously critical to US security" to me. As for conflict, what? The US already has military bases there and the only threat to continued military access to the area is that the US is acting like a fucking two year old and pissing off all of its allies. And imagine the worst case scenario. The US loses access to the land and sea in the entire region. How specifically does this dramatically change US security? Is a naval invasion launched from Greenland actually a thing people are worried about? Surely a better approach to maintain US security is, you know, a stable global order and military alliances with other powerful nations in the region?
- threecheese 9mo agoYou and I are most definitely aligned wrt reality, I was just saying expanding on the OPs argument. I believe diplomacy (plus a healthy dose of hegemony, and Alaska) is plenty for the US to be safe here. In that reality Canada/US relations are critical.