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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Now this is equality. Good on Denmark.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Draft the men, women and enbies.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] bonsai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 days ago

Enby = NB = Non-Binary

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

It means non-binary folks.

[–] girlthing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Equality is when everyone dies in the Trump Wars

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago

Not Denmark's fault that the US is acting like this though

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 16 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Didn't the US wanted to annex it? Why Russia tensions?

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Newsweek is an American rag, so they won't call the US out like that.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

amid tensions with Russia and the U.S.

Literally the first sentence of the article. Tension with the US over Greenland, with Russia over the war in Ukraine

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So why not "US, Russia tensions" or "Greenland, Ukraine tensions" in the title?

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 1 points 4 days ago

Sure, maybe it should be one of those two

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago

Ah, thank you.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago

Do you know what's been happening in Ukraine and in the Baltic

[–] geissi@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago

As for the US, the headline does mention Greenland and the article includes

Denmark's military changes also come in the wake of growing political tensions with the U.S. over control of Greenland, a Danish territory.

And "why Russia tensions?" Probably because Russia is currently waging a war of territorial expansion and several NATO members in the Nordics and Baltics could be next.

Regarding potential conflict with Russia, Denmark's Minister of Defense Troels Lund Poulsen said in February, "Within two years, Russia could pose a credible threat to one or several NATO-countries if NATO does not build up its own military power in the same rate as Russia.

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Maybe because america is currently being controlled by russia.

[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

America doesn’t need Russia to be an old-fashioned imperialist.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io -1 points 4 days ago

United States of Russmerica

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

Didn't Putin recently make noise over America annexing Greenland? He would be happy with splitting it between them, however.

Fighting America would be as much posturing as fighting, with most fighting being an insurgency type fight. Russia is more likely to be blunt about it, but also more viable to repel. Particularly if the rest of NATO is willing to respond to it.

[–] shekau@lemmy.today 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Europe will defend Greenland and Denmark ❀️

[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That remains to be seen... I really don’t have a clue what would happen if Trump would really give the command to attack Greenland, noone really can know I think.

Like with Ukraine you’d think if attack plans were really serious and in an advanced stage, European leaders would be aware. Though with Ukraine it was the US warning of Russian troop buildups...

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago

At least the buildups of US troops in Europe are public and have been for decades. (Only half joking. Vance wasn't welcome in Greenland today, so he literally just went to a US base in Greenland.)