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Troops from the EU countries have landed in Greenland in support of Denmark--and Stephen Miller is having a BIG meltdown because of this. Too bad!!
Stephen Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland
Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory
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Stephen Miller says the US should take over Greenland because Denmark cannot defend Greenland
Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory
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malaise
(293,203 posts)That is all
riversedge
(79,637 posts)AllaN01Bear
(28,667 posts)then i will raise my pinky finger in victory dance .
2naSalit
(100,258 posts)Joinfortmill
(20,204 posts)Lovie777
(21,907 posts)BeyondGeography
(40,846 posts)Basically every other NATO member besides Trumplandia will be throwing in with Denmark the way things are going. Not that I expect that to change his calculus, but it should. Because the fallout for America will be enormous if we go through with this.
Native
(7,309 posts)Justice matters.
(9,453 posts)Internationally stupid.
Fascist criminal.
Seinan Sensei
(1,387 posts)They lost more military personnel per capita than any other nation fighting in Afghanistan
Ocelot II
(129,325 posts)if that's the only criterion? Which is just about all of them. I guess he forgot about NATO.
underpants
(195,142 posts)Sort of an outpost for the Arctic.
Ocelot II
(129,325 posts)Vi er vikingenes barn! Vi skal drikke akevitt fra fiendens hodeskaller og danse på likene deres! Ikke drit i Minnesota!
Conjuay
(2,926 posts)milestogo
(22,657 posts)No interest in Lesotho or The Gambia.
Mister Ed
(6,836 posts)Srkdqltr
(9,422 posts)underpants
(195,142 posts)Millers claim that every understanding of law requires nation-states to be able to defend their territory or risk losing it turns international law and international relations on their heads. The use of force against sovereign nations is illegal under international law, unless the force is being deployed in self-defense or if the U.N. Security Council has authorized it.
The principle that nation-states should respect each others territorial sovereignty is not new, and was famously expressed in the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years War.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/stephen-miller-warps-international-law-to-justify-greenland-annexation-to-control-a-territory-you-have-to-be-able-to-defend-a-territory/
sop
(17,598 posts)samnsara
(18,733 posts)a tiny head and tiny other stuff. Hell my 21 yr old grand daughter could take him down
no_hypocrisy
(54,386 posts)spanone
(141,085 posts)SheltieLover
(77,086 posts)Conjuay
(2,926 posts)about, say, Korea or Viet Nam?
it's not the size of the dog in the fight...
Baitball Blogger
(51,778 posts)Stephen Miller is an example of conservative's two dimensional thinking.
The Madcap
(1,777 posts)And definitely not "thinking."
Baitball Blogger
(51,778 posts)Might makes right.
OGBuzz
(18 posts)USA ranks #24. Electing a failed reality show host and BFF of the biggest pedophile in history has consequences.
mwmisses4289
(3,337 posts)Quiet Em
(2,566 posts)and his behavior and ideas are completely indefensible.
delisen
(7,241 posts)This will be the grounds for taking the property of individual American citizens.
Trump is manipulated, not just by Putin but also by the MAGA billionaires and the 2025 fascists and other authoritarians.
Their philosophy is big fish eat little fish, might makes right.
Trump is a parrot. He yells at Zelensky: Russia is big, Ukraines is little, you have no cards-you have to give Russia your land.
He yells at Greenland and Denmark: You are not strong enough to defend yourselves, we are big and strong enough to defend Greenland so you have to give it to us.
You have no cards, you have no choice. I am strong, you are weak. Might makes right.
The same plan is shaping up for private individual and small business ownership bt US citizens. The have eminent domain law, they are merging big business ownership and government. They intend to grab our land, our buildings.our water, our resources. To them we are not people, we are not citizens, we are prey.
peggysue2
(12,408 posts)Miller and his ilk do not care about the rule of law. They believe in the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest which is cray when you imagine a Miller or Trump actually in a jungle attempting to survive.
Of course, this is drawn from the God complex the world's billionaires have developed--those with gargantuan wealth are superior in all ways and have every right to exert their will on the chattel (that would be the rest of us). Manifest Destiny--the strong have a duty to conquer the weak.
If you take this to its bitter conclusion, yes they would control all resources, everything. As for the rest of humanity? Zip, nada, tough luck.
Think of the movie Elysium, a dystopian narrative in which the wealthy live and thrive on a space station while the earth and the rest of humanity withers beneath them.
Then think of Peter Thiel's idea of floating cities commanding the seas, towering cities where only the rich live and rule, and then like mythical gods conquer death.
Crazy? Yes. Cruel and depraved as well. These greed heads have lost their souls.
This is what we're fighting. The rise of monsters.
Justice matters.
(9,453 posts)And risk getting eaten by bigger fish than they are, and this Fascist authoritarian doesn't care about them.
They just don't want to have to go eat little fish themselves.
They just want the money and the power to rule like tyrants.
yellowcanine
(36,723 posts)delisen
(7,241 posts)OGBuzz
(18 posts)I bet his Jewish ancestors are very proud.
Irish_Dem
(80,057 posts)It is a serial killer allowed to rule the world.
Liberal In Texas
(16,016 posts)Law of the jungle maybe.
Might makes right.
Mblaze
(927 posts)Stephen Miller was much more succinct. He would just say "Mine" Mine" when he took another child's toy.
radical noodle
(10,491 posts)Or does he not understand the concept?
hurple
(1,354 posts)I was about to ask exactly this.
Denmark won't be defending Greenland. The world will. If we invade, we'll be at war with Denmark, and Germany and Great Britain and Canada, and ... almost every other country...
Kid Berwyn
(23,205 posts)The United States has no better Ally than Denmark. Attacking Greenland would destroy NATO. That is a top priority for our sworn enemy.

AverageOldGuy
(3,396 posts)Two fundamental truths:
1. When you go to war, you want all your friends to go with you and bring their guns.
2. It's better to fight the war in someone else's front yard.
Disaffected
(6,186 posts)is how this shalt be known.
Picaro
(2,340 posts)This one has been around for thousands of years.
The rule? YOU DONT ATTACK YOUR ALLIES.
OR YOU WONT HAVE ANY ALLIES.
biocube
(178 posts)he'd be a school shooter.
AverageOldGuy
(3,396 posts)You fucking pussy.
viva la
(4,511 posts)Is very large with many weapons.
He is seriously proposing war with NATO.
D_Master81
(2,346 posts)Theres like 5 countries that actually own there land. Because if 1 of the world super powers invaded nearly any country they would defeat them. I cant believe he actually said this out loud.
Wicked Blue
(8,494 posts)
A few lines from Austin Powers movies:
"He fits easily into most overhead storage bins"
"Heel, Mini-Me! Heel!"
"That vicious little... chihuahua thing"
He also tends to dry hump random things.
moondust
(21,230 posts)would enjoy pounding little Stevie into a puddle of pulp just because they can. Okay, Steve? Might makes right?
Norrrm
(4,097 posts)German Occupation of Denmark
Initial Surrender: Denmark was invaded by Germany on April 9, 1940, and surrendered almost immediately due to the overwhelming military superiority of the Germans. The Danish government chose to cooperate with the Nazis to maintain some degree of self-determination and avoid harsher measures.
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Wanderlust988
(736 posts)I know they would be abhorred at the idea, but since they are a small country with limited resources, they are rich enough to buy weapons. They need some nukes.
dedl67
(176 posts)It eventually lost the Peloponnesian War. But Miller is not nearly as bright as he seems to think he is, so there is little hope for him learning from history.
SSJVegeta
(2,402 posts)Joinfortmill
(20,204 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,784 posts)She is 94 years old and uses a walker. She is a pacifist who owns no weapons.
I have decided that I MUST HAVE HER HOUSE. Since she has no way to defend it, I feel justified in taking it since powerful people have always taken what they want. Justice, laws, and morality has always been for weaklings. THAT is the natural order. GET OVER IT!
Scrivener7
(58,469 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,532 posts)allegorical oracle
(6,230 posts)is 87.6 percent Inuit. And we all know how much djt and Nosferatu Miller love indigenous people.
Buns_of_Fire
(19,026 posts)during one's formative years.
Personally, in his case, I don't think of it as a prank. I think people would honestly be trying to flush him away.