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![Well howdy, Trump-cult kids, it's Socialism again and today's topic is the North Atlantic Treaty and WWIII | Given that your Orange Man-child
of a false deity is making noises
to the effect of turning the U.S.
military on Greenland, it
seems pertinent to examine
the agreement that's been
in place since 1949.
To wit:; Article 5
The Parties agree that an armed attack against
one or more of them in Europe or North America
shall be considered an attack against them all
and consequently they agree that, if such an
armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise
of the right of individual or collective self-defence
recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the
United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so
attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in
concert with the other Parties, such action as it
deems necessary, including the use of armed
force, to restore and maintain the security of the
North Atlantic area.
Any such armed attack and all measures taken
as a result thereof shall immediately be reported
to the Security Council. Such measures shall be
terminated when the Security Council has taken
the measures necessary to restore and maintain
international peace and security. Mhmm... pretty straight-forward, that.
Sooo... first off, let's look at the "okay,
doomer" factor of your boy's weakly
reasoned/thinly veiled threat to invade:
NATO nations are treaty bound to stand
against *any* country that attacks a
member state... meaning that he *could*
theoretically- move to take Greenland but
that would incur the wrath of the rest of
NATO -which, given that Canada's right
next door, that places hostile opposition
directly between the U.S. and Greenland,
roadblocks any overland lines of supply
(maybe look up what happens in the FAFO
zone when Canadians unlimber). In other
words, the rest of NATO isn't impressed
by your boy's saber-rattling. And, while it'd
be nice to be able to say that attacking a
NATO ally is unlikely to happen, let's keep
in mind how buddy-buddy Donny John is
with Putin, how much it would benefit
Russia if the U.S. was out of NATO. And that brings us to Point 2: Russia, China
is held in check by the threat of having to deal
with the combined forces of NATO powers
(which is not to say that Russia or China
necessarily has a likely expansionist interest
in Greenland, resources notwithstanding,
what with having their fingers all up in Africa's
business; Greenland's been there this whole
time and the entire world has been aware of
its abundance of mineral wealth since the
early 1800s) and Russia's already demon-
strated it barely has the military wherewithal
to go punchies with the guy across the fence,
let alone the gang down the block. And China?
See: Africa, fingers all up in its business.
There's no point in burning thru treasure,
hardware and personnel to acquire resources
by force when they can be secured by easier
means. See, that's the thing: it's not about strategic
military importance; Pituffik Airbase has had
that ground covered since the 1950s. Think
about it: if the current reasoning isn't just a
lame excuse to justify imperialist ambitions,
why is Pituffik under operational control of
[LOL] **Space Force**? (no offense, Space
Force, but let's be honest here: extra-
planetary warfare is at least 100 years away;
y'all are the product of a make-work, create-
the-illusion-of-action directive). I mean... the
current "reasoning" is pretty much the same
as asserting that the U.S. needs to take over
Taiwan because if we don't China will -i.e.
totally nerps on a dollar. And it's not even
about securing access to their mineral wealth
-not directly, no; Greenland's been *open for
business this whole time*. Seriously, if you
want the low-down on how obviously bullshit
Trump's reasoning is, SEE: mining in Greenland,
Lumina Corp, ownership. No, the catch is a mix of logistics relative to
remoteness, environment and political issues
-specifically that, in Greenland, mining companies
are obligated to operate clean, not to poison the
locals/locale and to prioritize economic & social
benefit to the indigenous population. Mhmm...
given those factors, it looks remarkably like
Dear Leader wants possession of Greenland
so he can impose a policy of "screw the environ-
ment, screw the locals; there's [resource X] in
them thar hills!!" in a replay of what happened to
continental Indigenous Americans during the
1800s, early 1900s. And then there's the speculative prospect
of Greenland's future potential as a stop-
over hub. Global Warming is causing the
Arctic Ocean to be ice-free for longer and
longer periods and may well, in the not too
distant future, bring about a reality of year-
round shipping lanes. So Greenland stands
to make a tidy profit simply by virtue of access
leasing alone --which, given that someone
else would be doing all the work to develop
port infrastructure while Greenland kicks its
feet up, counts money and pats itself on the
back, it makes sense the Orange Slackanape
would be keen on Jack Horner-ing that pie. Sooo, yeah... there it is.
You can deny it, but when it
comes right down to brass
tacks, your boy is playing
a game that risks turning
the U.S. into the primary
Axis Power of WWIII.
And for all our sakes, let's hope he either goes
TACO or Congress removes him from the board. | image tagged in trump unfit unqualified dangerous,wannabe,hitler,ww3 | made w/ Imgflip meme maker](http://i.imgflip.com/ahfx23.jpg)
