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[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone -5 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Why does it matter if they are good? Are they actually thinking they can repel an invasion?

The GDP of Denmark is about half of the US war budget.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

The GDP of Denmark is about half of the US war budget.

Why would that matter?

Remind me how did the USA with their mighty military spending won their wars against much much weaker countries, like Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan? Oh wait... They lost all of those...

If anything, the track record shows that the USA is really terrible at fighting proper wars and only good at "drive bys" and "hit and run" operations, like the one in Venezuela.

Can the USA take Greenland overnight?

[–] lysol@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Afghanistan and Vietnam would like to have a word with you.

In any case, even if the US would win (they probably would I guess, kinda), it would not be a popular victory if hundreds of US soldiers died for an island no american cares about.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

No they don’t think they can repel an invasion, but they know they can make it very costly. Different bioregion, same advantage as the Vietnamese resistance, and cold is even harsher on troops and equipment than the jungle.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 0 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

You can't really hide in the tundra or icecaps though.

[–] MoreMagic@feddit.nu 4 points 12 hours ago

You’re in for a big surprise.

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago

10000 years from now they are gonna find McÖtzi 🤣