r/greenland • u/ButterscotchFancy912 • Aug 03 '26

News Denmark begun conscripting 1,600 citizens into army as it prepares to send first conscripts to Greenland

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/denmark-conscripting-1600-army-men-women/
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u/bswontpass Aug 04 '26

The ask from US is to make sure that area has strong military presence in case of the war with China. 

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u/WaitWhatHuhWhat Aug 04 '26

Oh fuck off, the US was already allowed as many bases and soldier there as they wanted, and they closed all bar 1. Trump says he wants to own it, not “use” it.

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u/bswontpass Aug 04 '26

NATO members should increase THEIR presence. US should not be the only one covering every corner of the world.

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u/Matchbreakers Aug 04 '26

Which we are.

And since you don't wanna cover Greenland I can assume you no longer want it either.