• MonsterMonsterOP
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    5 days ago

    If Putin wants no NATO then all he has to do is get his poodle, Trump, to invade Greenland …

    “If they invade Greenland, they invade Nato,” says Svane. “So that’s where it stops. Article 5 would have to be triggered. And if a Nato country invades Nato then there’s no Nato.”

    “He’s saying it’s legitimate for us to take this piece of land,” he says. “If we take him really seriously this is a bad omen for the whole of the Western alliance.”

    • @Kyrgizion
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      185 days ago

      Something tells me the people of Taiwan also better be prepared for the coming 4 years. Trump is liable to just hand it over to china on a whim.

    • @WoodScientist
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      75 days ago

      It really wouldn’t be the end of NATO. Greece and Turkey have had numerous spats while both NATO countries. An Article 5 resolution can be vetoed by any other NATO member. The US would assuredly do this.

      A much more worrying possibility would be Denmark specifically withdrawing from or reducing cooperation with NATO. Forget Greenland, Denmark itself is in a very strategic location, considering its place in the Baltic.

      • @rockSlayer
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        5 days ago

        Article 5 also has provisions to prevent starting the same political mess of WW1