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Trump has been offered plenty of off ramps to his escalation. He's not interested.
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Trump threatens 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells Greenland to US
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Trump has been offered plenty of off ramps to his escalation. He's not interested.
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This is both a false dichotomy and a claim not support by evidence.
Neither.
Principles of free navigation under international maritime law are the most preferable one. Specifically, articles 24, 42 and 87 of the Convention on the Law of the Sea.
If the US had removed its noodle from its posterior in the 1980s (or 1990s, or 2000s) and actually ratified the convention (which is helped draft and has already signed), then it would have a legal leg to stand on.
As it stands, the US' wishy-washy stance of the convention (accepting it as part of international law but not ratifying it) undercuts its position on maritime law.
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RocksInMyHead
God is innocent; Noah built on a floodplain!
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Yeah, no kidding. It’s usually in a thief’s interest to possess the things they’re stealing. That’s sort of the point.
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God is innocent; Noah built on a floodplain!
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Cruz showed himself to be a spineless sycophant 10 years ago - I've seen nothing to suggest that he's changed.
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“I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.”
― Al Franken, Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
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God is innocent; Noah built on a floodplain!
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Indeed - I've made no secret of my contempt for the man. Not sure why you think his words would carry any weight.
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What you believe runs counter to the reality that the rest of us see. It runs counter to the evidence. It's not a case of belief anymore with this guy. It's whether you accept the facts or not.
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It's quite telling when you refuse to actually address the posts and questions made towards you by people and instead posts just links without any commentary of your own or just one sentence replies that don't address the points being made.
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NATO is the key to stopping a Russian naval breakout in the North Atlantic providing land anchors on either side of the gap and naval assets like SSNs in it. If the USA annexes Greenland then they open up the policing of the ship lanes and allow SSBNs with Tsunami inducing nukes through the gap. In a war you have no defence against a tidal wave on the East coast of the USA. Buying Greenland splits NATO and makes the USA more vulnerable not less. You are supporting a policy that is a clear and present danger to the security of your nation.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaking at the World Economic Forum today:
...excerpts ( I agree 100%....we are seeing a complete disruption in the rules-based order that has been in place since the end of WW2):
“I will talk today about the breaking of the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a brutal reality where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint,”
“Every day we are reminded that we live in an era of great power rivalry,” he said. “That the rules-based order is fading. That the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.”
He added, “Let me be direct: We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.”
“The middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, we’re are on the menu,” he said. “Great powers can afford now to go it alone.”
...excerpts ( I agree 100%....we are seeing a complete disruption in the rules-based order that has been in place since the end of WW2):
“I will talk today about the breaking of the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a brutal reality where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint,”
“Every day we are reminded that we live in an era of great power rivalry,” he said. “That the rules-based order is fading. That the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.”
He added, “Let me be direct: We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.”
“The middle powers must act together because if you are not at the table, we’re are on the menu,” he said. “Great powers can afford now to go it alone.”
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Nithavela
you're in charge you can do it just get louis
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Yeah, about that...
People just discovering last land Denmark sold to the US was Epstein Island
As Trump pushes for the U.S. to purchase Greenland, people are realizing the last territory that was purchased from Denmark.
www.newsweek.com
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