My entire life I’ve been hearing that America is done, we’re finished like the end of the Roman Empire. This past year has been the first time since maybe 1953 that America reversed its decline and we are going to keep stacking wins at a faster and faster rate.
the year we chose to lose the Korean War. Truman fired/demoted Douglas MacArthur (in 1951) after he suggested dropping nukes to win the war.
would a declining power do THIS?!"
gets in a pointless disastrous war of choice due to ego of dying senile ruler
Going the violent route would also allow them to remove potential indigenous opposition to large scale mining operations.
From what I read on Politico, this is largely a reason why the EU hasn’t invested more into mining Greenland’s rare earth minerals. I doubt the US would respect the local population in the same manner.
The local population should consider researching booby traps; make invader a climate