I've heard two conflicting stories on the European troops going to Greenland. One is that they are going there to "fight the US", and the other is that they are going there to "assist the US in actions against Russia and China". I don't know which is true, and don't much care. It's not a place I'd go to voluntarily - it's more like the Rura Penthe Klingon penal colony out of Star Trek.
Norway sent 2 troopers to the Greenland "coalition of the willing".
TWO.
Germany is sending 18.
So far, that's a grand total of 20 troops to thwart the entire US military ambition. Seems like they may have an overinflated opinion of their military prowess.
Maybe the Germans are only going there to keep the French contingent in line. 18 Germans would probably be enough. If they run into trouble with that task, the Norwegians will doubtless be of immense assistance.
I've not heard how many Frenchmen or Englishmen are being sent. Might be enough to double the entire contingent to about a heavy platoon strength...
And it's STILL much ado about nothing, a bar-room brawl among alleged "friends" over a goddamned ice cube.
Wonders never cease. I'm still looking in other directions... ANY other directions... for what's really going on behind that Greenland facade.
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Norway sent 2 troopers to the Greenland "coalition of the willing".
TWO.
Germany is sending 18.
So far, that's a grand total of 20 troops to thwart the entire US military ambition. Seems like they may have an overinflated opinion of their military prowess.
Maybe the Germans are only going there to keep the French contingent in line. 18 Germans would probably be enough. If they run into trouble with that task, the Norwegians will doubtless be of immense assistance.
I've not heard how many Frenchmen or Englishmen are being sent. Might be enough to double the entire contingent to about a heavy platoon strength...
And it's STILL much ado about nothing, a bar-room brawl among alleged "friends" over a goddamned ice cube.
Wonders never cease. I'm still looking in other directions... ANY other directions... for what's really going on behind that Greenland facade.
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake