And the US in turn abdicated its separation of powers. A US president lacks the ability to make treaties, or use military force without congressional authorization.
In what world does the president have the authority to annex an autonomous territory from an ally?
The world where he does it and then tries to present it to Congress as a fait accompli. If the security concerns around Greenland are seen as legitimate enough, he’ll get his Democratic congressmen to approve it, particularly as it’s unlikely that it would become a state (too few people).
The core issue is that the current US leadership has abandoned its status as a former trustworthy leader that accepted cooperation and responsibility as key operating tenets.
If anyone threatened to take your home by force if you didn’t sell at his favorite price, the sane social discussion would focus on their uncivil threat and pro-social responses, not on victim blaming “the core issue is that I’ve abdicated my ability to defend my house by force.”
You could have a reasonable conversation about sovereign defense budgets and alliance contributions, but not while you’re threatening the sovereignty of an ally.
And all of this will make American citizens less safe, not more. It’s madness. There’s nothing to be gained here for most people by threat of force or hybrid warfare.
lumost|1 month ago
In what world does the president have the authority to annex an autonomous territory from an ally?
telotortium|1 month ago
vee-kay|1 month ago
Oh wait, that's the history of humanity - especially the bloody brutal history of Colonialism & Imperialism.
USA (rather The Five Eyes led by USA), EU, China are not just nations or blocs. They are Empires.
And this is what Empires do best: war (war for oil/resources, war for territory, war for wealth & glory, war for slaves, etc.)
wwweston|1 month ago
If anyone threatened to take your home by force if you didn’t sell at his favorite price, the sane social discussion would focus on their uncivil threat and pro-social responses, not on victim blaming “the core issue is that I’ve abdicated my ability to defend my house by force.”
You could have a reasonable conversation about sovereign defense budgets and alliance contributions, but not while you’re threatening the sovereignty of an ally.
And all of this will make American citizens less safe, not more. It’s madness. There’s nothing to be gained here for most people by threat of force or hybrid warfare.