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Canadians: Greenland must be the line in the sand. Non negotiable.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If Greenland was actually invaded, it's part of the EU in all but name, and the whole EU would now be at war with the US. Even if we have no treaty (outside of now-completely dead NATO) and don't join in, the US probably invades us to make sure, ala Iceland in WWII.

I guess there's a possibility Denmark cuts and runs. In that case yeah, there's probably nothing we can do.

If we were invaded and had a treaty with Denmark, the US would be at war with Denmark and hopefully the WWI cascading treaties thing would kick in and, again, the US would be at war with the EU. And probably the UK too since they have proximity to both the EU, and us through our sovereign - ignoring one is possible, but both seems like a tall order.

Of course, the goal is to deter invasion in the first place.

[–] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It is part of the European Union and also NATO. In theory if there was an invasion then Denmark could call their NATO allies to defend it

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

See, but the US is half of NATO. One major NATO member fighting another is not handled in the rules. It's just a dead letter at that point.

(Also Greenland isn't technically in the EU, but I think it's close enough for these purposes)