Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism

Kennedy apparently was considered a bumbler by colleagues and staffers,
but avoided the end of planet Earth with his resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis
in addition to founding the Peace Corps.

He did escalate the Vietnam Conflict, this is true, yet surrounded himself with a
coterie of intellectuals in contrast to the future Felon-in-Chief!

Even Reagan was less out of whack than Trump, although he did ruin the New Deal
forever.

Russians With Attitude
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On American expansionism.

The incoming administration seems to have a more realistic image of the state of American hegemonial decline and wants to take proactive steps to try to counteract and reverse it, breathing new life into the American Global Empire.

In this context, it makes perfect sense for the US to increase pressure on its vassals. I am not using the term in a pejorative sense. The US does not have "allies" in the traditional meaning of the word. It has vassals with different levels of feudal obligations and elite integration, and different tasks. Extracting more value from vassals -- whether through tariffs, increased NATO budgets, meddling in local politics or potential territorial concessions -- is an absolutely logical step in cementing and renewing America's position as overlord of its sphere.

There are three ways America's European vassals can react to this: look for protection outside of the sphere, try to make themselves more useful/necessary & advance integration, or take it on the face. Were we in, I don't know, the 19th century, Denmark would just ask Russia for military support in Greenland in exchange for mild economic concessions and never worry again. As it is, the Royal Danish Army does not have any artillery anymore because they gave it all away for the purpose of firing cluster ammunition at Russian children in Donetsk. They did not receive anything in return for that and it did not help any Danish purpose. They cannot defend themselves if push comes to shove and they can't ask anybody to help because most of their fellow vassals have done the same. The most likely option is that they'll just take it on the face. Not just for pragmatic reasons, but also because they genuinely enjoy being dommed geopolitically.

America has no obligation to treat its vassals better. I've seen Danish people complain on here about supporting the US after 9/11, participating in the American wars in the Middle East, etc. That's ridiculous. You know how a colony is rewarded for sending troops to its overlord's wars? It doesn't get beaten. That's the reward for a lackey. Any person who takes any of the NATO democracy liberalism pilpul seriously is just not a serious person, it was never real, it was always just voluntary submission to be absolved from existing in History.

The world that existed in 1991-2022 does not exist anymore. It's not coming back. You can just invade your neighbor. You can just fire missiles at international shipping lanes. You can just threaten to annex members of your military alliance. "You can just do things", as the techbros like to say. The mirage of a post-historical order that only has to be policed from time to time but is never seriously challenged has disappeared. What did you think canceling the End of History meant? Vibes? Papers? Essays?

It's not pleasant to be suddenly confronted with all of the above. It's not pleasant to have to admit to yourself that your existence was a coddled theme park that is existentially dependent on the relative position of someone else and how he feels about that relative position. America's vassals WILL have to confront this state of things and make hard decisions about their future. This means reckoning with their geopolitical impotence and either embracing dependency with open eyes or seeking pathways to autonomy that will inevitably involve risk, sacrifice, and a recalibration of their national priorities.

The era of coasting on borrowed security and ideological rhetoric is over. What lies ahead is a world where historical agency must be reclaimed or forever relinquished, and for many, the question may not be whether they are ready to make that leap, but whether they even remember how. America has now understood this -- and is mentally preparing to switch back to the cold logic that comes with actual History. The times, they are a-changin'.

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I read your post in its entirety. My only problem is with America being presented as some greedy blood-sucking monstrosity.

If the US was all that, we would be sitting on a pile of money taller than Mount Everest.

Instead, we are flat broke and have to print to eat. The first time in history, a superpower is super stupid playing world's supercop for free.

So if you want to just invade your neighbor, better make sure you win

Last time America invaded someone it didn't end well, same as North Nigeria invading peaceful Ukraine

It was fighting a third world country.

It had a huge coalition supporting it.

It was not sanctioned.

It still lost.

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Russia is fighting one of the largest countries in Europe, with a massive industrial base.

No country other than NK has provided us overt assistance.

We're sanctioned more than any country in history.

We're still gonna win.

@cms neuf
And if the US invaded either Canada or Mexico, it would be over in short order. Invading a country on the other side of the globe is a different matter all together.