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- geopolitics@lemmygrad.ml
- worldnews@lemmy.ml
The U.S. has — by far — the world’s largest defense budget, spending $948 billion last year. Its armed forces have 1.3 million personnel — some of them currently stationed in Greenland. Denmark, for its part, last year spent $9.9 billion, has only 17,000 soldiers, and most of its heavy land-warfare equipment has been donated to Ukraine.
Yes it will be short when all the NATO treaty members all have to launch nukes at each other because of mutual defence.
(I know this won’t actually happen and the us can just do whatever it wants of course)
Also worth noting that article 5 doesn't actually say what people seem to think it says. It just states that each member has to help in some way, but the level of support is completely up to them. It absolutely does not require members to engage militarily.
Canada commits to sending $12b worth of laser guided Thoughts and Prayers
Canada donates their entire military to the invasion of Greenland leaving them completely open to the American Anschluss
Germany sends some rusted chainmail