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Disaffected

(6,257 posts) Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:00 AM Jan 10

Iceland next?

Seems to me at least as militarily "strategic" as Greenland, located mid-Atlantic and all that...

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Iceland next? (Original Post) Disaffected Jan 10 OP

Iceland doesn't have an existing military base or vast mineral deposits like Greenland. Ocelot II Jan 10 #1

Good things rockets and airships don't exist... otherwise there is no military advantage. GreenWave Jan 10 #2

Oops! I forgot the Iceland part. GreenWave Jan 10 #3

But hey, Iceland is needed to balance out Hawaii. Disaffected Jan 10 #4

Ocelot II

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1. Iceland doesn't have an existing military base or vast mineral deposits like Greenland.

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Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:10 AM

Jan 10

He'd get more of a military advantage from seizing Norway, which has a border with Russia, some excellent harbors (which is why the Nazis took it over during WWII), and a whole lot of oil. Also the Nobel Peace Prize committee, which he could take hostage until they gave him the prize.

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