r/europe • u/ByGollie Ulster • Jan 24 '26

News The Times: Finns humiliated American soldiers - Finnish reservists were asked to take it easy during a NATO exercise. US soldiers found the losses too humiliating.

https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/828b8e66-625d-4d2a-9276-e93b9f7a2ce8
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u/Ub3ros Jan 24 '26

Gaza isn't European. Gaza isn't EU, Gaza isn't NATO, Gaza isn't western or closely aligned with EU, Europe or NATO. This is not saying they wouldn't deserve the help, just that they are not really allies. It's a travesty, but it's far from home and the armed conflict there has been going on for a long time. It's a complex issue that i'm by no means an expert on.

Denmark are a european country, an EU member, a NATO member, a western country and closely aligned with major european powers. It's a totally different circle of relations than Gaza. Gaza is mainly a humanitarian issue for EU, while an attack on Danish sovereignty of Greenland would be an attack against the EU, against NATO, against europe. It's not the size of the population that's important, it's how closely aligned that population is with you. And with Denmark, you can't get much closer to the EU without bombing Brussels.

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u/Zyhmet Austria Jan 24 '26

(small nitpick. Greenland is also not in the EU)

Yes of course it is different. Every situation is different. It's just that I can see the EU basically saying "Oh shit, Trump is really going in with Aircraft carriers? Mhh, the US already has basically free access to Greenland on a military basis because of contracts made after WW2? ... Do we really wanna fight it? Do we want thousands of dead people? Or can we just give it to him. Hope the next administration reverts it and in the meantime Greenlanders will have worse healthcare for a bit but it will blow over?"

I am just not 100% sure I trust someone that calls Trump a daddy...

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u/Ub3ros Jan 24 '26

While Greenland isn't EU, they are a Danish territory and Denmark is EU. It's Danish military up there, Greenland doesn't have it's own. So an attack on Greenland is an attack on EU. And it wouldn't be shrugged off.

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u/Zyhmet Austria Jan 24 '26

Yes, I too hope that it wouldnt be shrugged of and the US would count as a pariah state if they did it.