How do Europeans feel about having a federated army stationed in Canada and Greenland? (piefed.ca)

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We could start with danish, french and british troops establishing bases in Canada with nordic troops in Greenland. These garrisons could be primarily used for training Ukrainians and Taiwanese defenders.

We could build more ice breakers to protect our North West Passage and infrastructure to support the locals in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Greenland with increased access to foods, medicine and opportunities.

As we need to secure democracy, local sovereignty and minerals from the fascist Washington DC’s encroachment on our countries. They have Alaska already, there’s no need for more entitlement.

We must stand together in the face of imperial Russia and USA.

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[-] cabbage@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago

I think Europeans tend to be more similar than we realize, but our views on military is a big exception. We have very different histories and geographical distance to Russia. Those of us bordering Russia tend to value a strong defence, Spaniards tend to think it's completely unnecessary and many of them don't seem to care too much about what is going on in eastern Europe. Those with a recent history of invasion probably see military differently from those with a recent history of civil war and totalitarianism.

As a Scandinavian I pretty much see Canada as an extension of the Nordics. Cooperating with them makes all the sense in the world. We already have a Nordic Defence Cooperation and I'd be happy to see Canada join.

As a Norwegian I feel uncomfortable about Greenland. My ancestors left there hundreds of years ago, and Denmark has no remotely legitimate claim of the land whatsoever. It certainly needs security guarantees today, and we should offer them, but we shouldn't get any ideas of ownership. Many Danes seem to think they have rightful ownership of the land because their tax money pays for welfare there. That's obviously an absurd claim. We should back them up any way we can while also leaving their destiny to the Greenlanders.

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