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Re:The U.S. Nuclear Base Hidden Under Greenland's Ice for De... by tjwebbnorfolk on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @02:10PM (#43987531)
That the firm was allowed in and then needed to be expelled is the issue. How many operators are still there but undetected, or so embedded that they cannot be easily expelled?
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Re:The U.S. Nuclear Base Hidden Under Greenland's Ice for De... by DennisP on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @02:33PM (#43987765)
So are you saying that the US should make military threats against any ally where a Chinese-controlled firm sets up a mine, even temporarily? Or where it might have happened without being detected?
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Re:The U.S. Nuclear Base Hidden Under Greenland's Ice for De... by FuriouslyAdrift on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @02:46PM (#43987909)
All Chinese or Russian firms should be considered, at least at first glance, as military or intelligence apparatus.
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Re:The U.S. Nuclear Base Hidden Under Greenland's Ice for De... by DennisP on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @02:49PM (#43987951)
Yeah but I'm wondering whether we should make it that easy for China and Russia to ruin our relationships with our allies.
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Re:The U.S. Nuclear Base Hidden Under Greenland's Ice for De... by FuriouslyAdrift on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @04:37PM (#43988907)
I think that is more to do with the current administrations "style" of state-craft (basically the "big stick" method)
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Re:The U.S. Nuclear Base Hidden Under Greenland's Ice for De... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @08:19PM (#43990553)
> he current administrations "style" of state-craft (basically the "big stick" method)

Trump is the antithesis to "speak[ing] softly and carry[ing] a big stick" [1]. He's constantly blustering and retreating from his own lines.

The last big-stick President we had was probably Obama, though Bush and H. W. strike closer to the mark.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_stick_ideology

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