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
Granted, the US military can defeat Greenland’s population, but then what? What happens when we start trying to charge greenlanders taxes? When we try to install a government that the people overwhelmingly reject? Do we just turn up the oppression infinitely until they comply? Treat Greenland like the Israelis treat Gaza? I don’t think we have the state capacity or political will to do that, and in any event such a project would require cross party and inter-generational coordination that just feels impossible in the current moment.