That sounds like a losing strategy, in European history we traditionally ally against the strongest, since they are considered a threat.
The strongest military and industrial power in Europe, the largest and most populous state, is Russia. It's also the neighbour to many european countries. The US is an ocean away. Need I say more?
But I will, because the
amount of stupid on show in these past few years is too much to be quiet.
NATO was supposed to
protect Ukraine, according to the old narrative. Instead it caused it to commit national suicide in a war that it cinevibaly would lose. Ukraine is collapsing, NATO's weapons burned quite well indeed, and the armouries are empty. Where's the danish artillery? The tanks? How's the stock of missiles in France and the UK? About to quickly improvise some new ones out of washing machines? No, I think not. Washing machine production was outsourced to Turkey anyway. "European" militaries are a joke. The french are the only ones with a national military industry worth that name, but is is residual in size. Turkey is building one, but then Turkey isn't "europe" according to our rulers.
No government actually takes a "russian threat" seriously anyway, as is demonstrated by the fact that there was no form of
mobilization in all this time, no rebuilding of state capabilities. The onl NATO armies of the Cold War era have been disbanded and
remain disbanded.
They cannot be rebuilt under the prevailing economic system, which is one of oligarchic pillaging of state resources. Their rulers don't want to change that, they're the executime comittee of the oligarchy. Mass armies require conscription in small countries, and also a state-owned military industry able to produce with low cost.
1, conscription. That shifts political power to common people. They have weapons, and training and can't be pissed off too much, or they can do a military coup. NCOs do military coups.
Populist coups, that really scares the oligarchic crust. They're not reintroducing conscription on a permanent basis again.
2. military industry. Existing industries would have to be nationalised to bring costs down and make them more responsive to politicla priorities. And a larger civilian industry that is diversified and can respond quickly do demand from the military for resources would also be necessary. Nationalization (without compensation - militaries are expensive!) is a forbidden word for the oligarchs of Europe, they wrote into the EU treaties thou shalt not do that. In many many words. Civilian industry keeps being shut down since the self-imposed harm of the sanctions on cheap russian energy. Going to build a miliary without steel?
The US can pick wherever is cheap to invade and annex, any piece of land without a large population that might mount an unseemly resistance is free for the taking. But the mere threat of it will make the resources be handed over to US corporations. Old, old story. "Europe" is defenseless. The US has a "nuclear deterrent" that failed what, 6 tests in a row? Does
any missle on those subs work? And can they even
try to fire one without US authorization?
Traditionally, "we" might ally with another power to block pressure from a side. Ally with Russia to block the US if it got too greedy. But that may be a bit hard to pull off after spending several years insulting, demonizing and outright killing russians. Plenty of unarmed civilians included, in plain terrorist attacks. Which failed at terrorising and breaking their will, btw. They
might hold a grudge though, don't you think?
from what i understand of the situation, this is incredibly surprising. it was not the majority position of greenlanders last time trump rambled about this. like, far from it.
Hint: the US government controls several polling companies. They're "company" firms. Who did you think did the polls that the Guaido clown had support within Venezuela? The one who kept being kicked out after staging "coups" where no one shoed up, if you recall.
How did Cheney put it? We are a super power, we create our own reality, something like that.
