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cerealkiller [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 14 hours ago

European troops arrive in Greenland as talks with US hit wall over future

www.aljazeera.com

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European troops arrive in Greenland as talks with US hit wall over future

www.aljazeera.com

cerealkiller [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 14 hours ago
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France sends 15 soldiers, Germany 13. Norway, Sweden also participating to bolster security on Arctic island.
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  • Carl [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    France sends 15 soldiers, Germany 13.

    “Ehhh just send a few guys we don’t like.”

    They are betting that Trump will read the headline and assume it’s a larger number.

    • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      “Hey, you want to go on holiday to Greenland?”

      “Yeah, sure, alright.”

      “Cool, make sure you’re nice to the yanks when they ‘invade’.”

    • fox [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      They’re planning officers meant to evaluate what’s needed for a larger force

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      The Netherlands sends one (1) soldier. Finland sends 2.

      I’m sure the US is quaking in its boots at this unprecedented display of power.

    • BabyTurtles [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      More like Hegseth the cross-eyed drunk SSecretary of War will read it as 1515 and 1313 troops respectively

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    according to wikipedia the local US base has 150 soldiers. the europeans will have to mobilize the police if they want to stand a chance.

  • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    A couple dozen, for context. Real coalition of the willing here.

    • 9to5 [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      A small sacrifice to lure the yankees into a trap. Soon yuros will feast on hamburgers and freedom fries in Washington.

      • supafuzz [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        I don’t really care who does it as long as somebody burns down the white house soon

        • 9to5 [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          oh yeah critcal support to the 69th Romanian infantry division in the purge of the White House

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    They couldn’t even bother to fill up a Boeing or two

    The US will win Greenland

    • Enjoyer_of_Games [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      a boeing? that’d just be openly declaring it a suicide mission

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    “I can’t fucking believe I have to do this” - every one of these guys

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    obviously not a contingent that’d meaningfully defend greenland but this definitely complicates what i’m sure Trump hoped would be sending a helicopter of specforce chuds to the parliament building.

    now they’ll have to secure a diplomatic coup and get these troops to leave in shame or it’s a much more complicated and volatile operation that might demand european escalation (e.g. the troops are all killed)

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    This is like a game of Risk, except way riskier because instead of your unhinged opponent flipping the table because they’re not getting their way, Pedonald the Rapist will just nuke the whole map, literally.

    • Acute_Engles [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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      Rolling all ones on my attack, wheeling in an oxy/acetylene torch and burning the place to the ground

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    Odds that Trump issues new sanctions against Euro countries over this?

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      Tariffs again, probably. Trump’s favorite tool.

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