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In reply to the discussion: Denmark 'will shoot first and ask questions later' over Greenland [View all]Ol Janx Spirit
(726 posts)31. Valid points, but the EU would still be slightly smaller than NATO without the U.S. from a...
...member country standpoint: 27 vs. 31. 23 would still be members of both.
NATO would have one big advantage over the EU which is a country that borders the U.S. in Canada as a base of operations.
But, given the large overlap between NATO and the EU it is probably about six in one and a half-dozen the other....
Interesting aside is that Melania's home country would be aligned against us.
The big wildcard would be what China, Russia, and India decided to do.
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Denmark 'will shoot first and ask questions later' over Greenland [View all]
riversedge
Wednesday
OP
Actually, the EU is not a military alliance like NATO, but 23 of the 27 members are also NATO members.
Ol Janx Spirit
Wednesday
#20
Valid points, but the EU would still be slightly smaller than NATO without the U.S. from a...
Ol Janx Spirit
Wednesday
#31
My thoughts exactly. This is absolute insanity, but here we are. It seems far too plausible.
Ol Janx Spirit
Wednesday
#33
Hopefully. It feels unlikely so long as the Monstrosity-in-chief sits in the Oval, but we can still hope.
Ol Janx Spirit
Yesterday
#46
Just so everyone understands, the Danes fiercely resisted the Nazis from the very beginning of the occupation.
flashman13
Wednesday
#11
The source is The Telegraph. Yahoo.com is simply the news aggregator website hosting the article
progree
Wednesday
#13
Some "sucker" or "loser" whose name The Dotard will mispronounce as he reads it for
RockRaven
Wednesday
#23
The smart move would be to station British, French, and Dutch forces in Greenland.
Ford_Prefect
Wednesday
#19