Totally true. But about Greenland, i'm kinda unsure of the will that Europe and US have to defend/take it. Both says they are gonna defend it (or take it from the USA side), but how much both side are gonna be willing to commit for it is unknown
Ditching congress is literally not possible.
If people in Europe are not prepared to deploy to Ukraine to fight Russia I sincerely doubt they’d go to Greenland to fight the U.S.. again I doubt it’s going to come to that though.
But it is. As long as you ensure that the armed forces continue to follow your orders, you can absolutely do it.
But they are deploying to Greenland right now.
They sent 20 some troops.
A small contingent of European troops has been deployed to Greenland, including 15 soldiers from France and 13 from Germany, along with contributions from Norway and Sweden. The total number of troops involved in this mission is only a few dozen.
www.bbc.com
It is not possible. The structure of our government prevents it.
As long as everyone plays by the rules. I don't want it to be possible but the armed forces report to the chief executive and not Congress. But this is wandering into territory that should be discussed in a separate thread.
Okay do you want me to rephrase? The idea is so far beyond the word of rationality, and so unlikely that it is therefore not worth considering.
Yes, good points - about playing by the rules and about derailing the thread. I'll stop pontificating on this subject (for the time being).
It's being reported as a forward deployment to pave the way towards deployment of larger forces. But yes, of course it's also a political statement.A small contingent of European troops has been deployed to Greenland, including 15 soldiers from France and 13 from Germany, along with contributions from Norway and Sweden. The total number of troops involved in this mission is only a few dozen.
European troops arrive in Greenland as talks with US hit wall over future
France sends 15 soldiers, Germany 13. Norway, Sweden also participating to bolster security on Arctic island.www.aljazeera.com
European military personnel arrive in Greenland as Trump says US needs island
France says a small military contingent has arrived and more forces will be there in the coming days.
Yeah this is completely off topic and the whole discussion turned into an episode of some kind of dark sci-fi drama.
You can laugh about it, but there's something about the deaths of four (yes, four) soldiers making headline news in the US (see here) that tells me America has a big army which is effectively unusable - over fears that something bad could happen to it.
You sure that you want to offer a quote from the big loser in the US Civil War?
Yes, of course. If you want to make friends with Americans - particularly in this day and age - just quote that guy.
there is a difference between helping a country not part of EU already at war, and defending a country part of EU that is threatened
Those troops are in preparation (recon, logistic) of a larger deployement, we can't know for now how much troops the europeans will deploy in total
That’s inaccurate and one look at a history book proves it - the administration that has the real power of the institutions (the executive branch) simply says “Congress is illegitimate”, ignore it, and so it is. This has happened many times in history that a president has done away with a Congress or parliament.
