The defence deal signed at the UN General Assembly also re-affirms Denmark's sovereignty over its semi-autonomous Arctic territory.
  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    11·
    15 hours ago

    and that there likely won’t be any further threats of invasion for a while

    And why would you ever think that? We’re installing military bases there, dude. The entire point is future threats of invasion.

    • SmoothOperator@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      12 hours ago

      We’re installing military bases there, dude.

      The US already has a base and dominant military presence on the island. They have been allowed to establish new bases since 1951. Their military presence since WW2 has clearly not been about preparing an invasion.

      If the reason to invade was to build more military bases to cover the Arctic, they now have that with no reason to invade.

      If there is another reason to invade, the difference between

      • a vastly superior military with one base, the permission to build more, and an intention to invade
      • a vastly superior military with three bases, the permission to build more, and an intention to invade

      is not that great.

      Finally, if the point of the bases is to make an invasion easier, the invasion likely won’t happen until the bases are finished, giving peace and possibly a regime change in the meantime.