• Ech@lemmy.ca
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    18 days ago

    There’s obviously room to discuss any number of things happening in the world, but ceaselessly badgering on about one even in discussions about others is at best misguided and at worst purposeful trolling.

    And maybe before jumping to their defense with assumptions about their intention, actually read the comment I responded to, or a single one of the endless, thoughtless replies to any of these articles that are literally just “Release the files” memes.

    all this Greenland talk is -again- just smoke to distract us

    The comment leaves no room for consideration - it is unequivocally dismissing the threats as nothing more than distraction in service of their own pet interest.

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      18 days ago

      The comment leaves no room for consideration - it is unequivocally dismissing the threats

      Hey, it was just an assumption (“I reckon that…”). I wanted to express my disbelief that the Trump administration will actually go for it and was therefore looking for other motivations.

      Of course I don’t know the truth, and -believe me- I take that threat seriously. But as the risk with Greenland is much much higher than with Venezuela, I guess they just throw around their bullshit and see what sticks. If there is little resistance, they might even try something. Or they are preparing for a blackmail scenario like “OK fine, we stay out of Greenland, but only if you sign this trade deal”.

      As someone else said here, there can be multiple motivations. The distraction aspect is also real.