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truddy777

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7. Foreign Policy as a Hostage Deal

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 03:36 PM

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Framing support for Ukraine as leverage to grab Greenland sounds less like strategy and more like extortion. You turn alliances into transactions and signal to allies that commitments depend on unrelated demands. That weakens NATO credibility fast and hands leverage to adversaries who wait for cracks. If support becomes conditional theater, stability pays the price.

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