noumenon@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoDonald Trump 'orders army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland': US President emboldened by success of Maduro capture operationwww.dailymail.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down137
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump 'orders army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland': US President emboldened by success of Maduro capture operationwww.dailymail.co.uknoumenon@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·16 hours agoNormally this would not really be an issue, you don’t need a vast military to prevent a much bigger army from invading or winning. You just need to make it suck as much as possible for the attacker, to the point that it is not worth it for them. Unfortunately this doesn’t work with people like Trump as he has invested his ego into this, and his ego is much larger than the military. He doesn’t care about the soldiers he will get killed, as long as his ego wins. As a Swede, I want us to send subs and our Visby corvettes, we should send Gripens, all while coordinating with our brothers in the south. All of EU/NATO should send troops, planes and ships to defend Greenland. America has never faced a technological equal on the battlefield since WWII, and I don’t know if they are prepared for how tough it will be.
Normally this would not really be an issue, you don’t need a vast military to prevent a much bigger army from invading or winning.
You just need to make it suck as much as possible for the attacker, to the point that it is not worth it for them.
Unfortunately this doesn’t work with people like Trump as he has invested his ego into this, and his ego is much larger than the military.
He doesn’t care about the soldiers he will get killed, as long as his ego wins.
As a Swede, I want us to send subs and our Visby corvettes, we should send Gripens, all while coordinating with our brothers in the south.
All of EU/NATO should send troops, planes and ships to defend Greenland.
America has never faced a technological equal on the battlefield since WWII, and I don’t know if they are prepared for how tough it will be.