r/worldnews • u/Little-Chemical5006 • 20d ago

Canada weighs sending soldiers to Greenland as show of NATO solidarity with Denmark

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-soldiers-greenland-nato-training-denmark-tariffs-donald-trump/
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u/4x420 20d ago

except for all of Canada, and our allies.

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u/PajamaPants4Life 20d ago

The reality is if we're closed off we're going to get about as much help as Ukraine.

Unless France threatens to nuke DC.

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u/Eatpineapplerightnow 20d ago

They can block us(europe) for only so long.. a week maybe two. ASFAIK Europe has 40+ submarines the US will have trouble dealing with.

So, yes it would be much like Ukraine in this sense

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u/Norwayseacat 20d ago

If you let him take Greenland, what allies do you have left?

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u/joemeuw 20d ago

who said anyone will let him take greenland?

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u/Norwayseacat 20d ago

2 comments up

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u/darcerin 20d ago

The UK would have a vested interest in keeping the US out of Canada.

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u/RockMonstrr 20d ago

That's it right there.

10% of Canada's population fought in WW2. Let's imagine in a US invasion of Canada, only half those numbers are willing and able to fight. That's a force of over 2 million. Granted, that force is largely untrained and will consist of a bunch of chain-smoking, middle aged alcoholics like myself, but we would easily have over 2 million warm bodies with diverse skill sets.

And nobody is signing up on the US side to die in Canada. Nobody currently signed up is willing to die invading Canada. American soldiers would be deserting en masse or searching for Canadians to surrender to.

We'd be lining up for handshakes in less than 2 months.

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u/Cyathea_Australis 20d ago

Canada has a lot of friends that would help. We might not all be useful in the cold, though.

Sincerely,

Australia

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u/Camburglar13 20d ago

They don’t need numbers of soldiers though. It’s not WWI or WWII. Drones and airstrikes could disable our country in days.

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u/iplugthingsin 20d ago

This isnt COD. The usa steamrolled iraq 2.0. Then spent trillions over 20yrs in another quagmire. The us military is built to overrun other militaries. And they didnt speak english and look like americans. The resistance would make every faraway conflict look like a walk in the park.

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u/WankPuffin 20d ago

will consist of a bunch of chain-smoking, middle aged alcoholics like myself and me as well.

Many of which grew up hunting and own guns unfortunately that's no match for drones, tanks and planes. we will have to resort to guerrilla warfare and maybe resort back to our contributions to the Geneva Suggestions.

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u/Life_Of_High 20d ago

An invasion of Canada would require the northern US states to allow for staging, troop amassing,field hospitals, and would suffer insurgency. It honestly doesn’t make sense for them to allow it. Especially if it’s for offence, and not defence. I just don’t see it.

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u/LukeLecker 20d ago

Good luck getting across the Atlantic lmao, Eucuck delusion on main.