“Deep state”? What a moron.
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Gabbard, you imbecile, you are the deep state now.
Maybe deep state means anyone that actually knows what they're doing. Like how woke now means anyone with empathy.
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If the deep state that these losers have referred to for decades was even a little bit real, we wouldn't even be close to the situation we are in now.
as well as an examination of local attitudes regarding “American resource extraction."
Ah yes, the actual reason "we need Greenland for national security." Feeding corporations. Fucking scum...
We need it to give Russia protected access to the North Atlantic.
It's also a great place for us to be able to cuban missle crisis all of Europe.
That's Turkey.
The reason the Soviet Union put nukes on Cuba was because the US put nukes in Turkey. The US started the Cuban Missile Crisis.
I was just memeing but thank you for insight 💜
You realize that the US has nukes inside of the EU right?
Of course. Why not more? Lol
Greenlanders: you should really invite a division or 5 of Danish forces (maybe a joint EU mission? Get France and Germany and Poland and Sweden in there, and tell the UK they can come too) for extended exercise and potentially semi-permanent basing arrangements.
As an American: our government is clearly becoming an existential threat to you. I hate it. I am begging you to act accordingly.
As a non-American: your government is clearly becoming an existential threat to us. We hate it. I am begging you to act accordingly.
Would that we could. "We the People" are the enemy of the State and they treat us accordingly. Of course, the easiest type of enemy to defeat is one that does not know they are your enemy, and they spent billions of dollars over decades to ruin our education systems and shove propaganda in our faces to ensure that we never find out that we were their enemy all along.
Fair point, but in a strategic sense, Europe cannot afford to be sitting on their laurels in the face of this either
Canadian here. We're in. Fuck em.
Bring Finland too; I hear they like to do spooky snow things
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What the fuck are we spying on? You could probably just have a nice lunch with every person in Greenland for less money than it’ll cost to replace that jet that fell off the air craft carrier the other day. And that was the second jet.
Plus, we have a whole Alaska. We’re not going to lack access to the Northwest Passage. (NB: this is assuming there’s any logic at all. I have no idea why Trump is obsessed with Greenland. It’s probably because the Mercator projection makes it look bigger than it is and his assistants show him maps in the daily briefing or whatever.)
If I had to guess, there are probably some valuable natural resources under the ice that are going to become more accessible with global warming. It’s a resource grab. Same thing as trying to get Ukraine’s minerals.
Edit: Yep I should have searched before I replied.
Yeah. I knew it had to deal with something like that. Thought maybe it was just for the land (same with Canada) once Florida and the like go underwater, but it's about destruction for more wealth... as always.
Actually, probably both... though one has more immediate results.
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Communications. The US IC's goal is to spy on everyone.
This was made clear by the top secret documents from the whistleblowing in 2013.
The US is spying on every country they can.
A lot of countries do.
It's basic Sun Tzu: know your enemy, and your friends.
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Sometimes if they're feeling like they want to follow the laws of the land and spy on themselves, they ask other aligned countries to spy on them in exchange for the US spying on them and then they exchange details.
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I'm guessing these journalists will be arrested until they reveal their sources for the leak. Since that is a thing the DOJ is okay with.
All they have to do is say that they're in a group chat with Hegseth
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Bro your own administration is undermining itself. Thats what happens when you stack the deck with rapists, thieves and drug addicts.
We are on fire and the ones charged with extinguishing it are too busy blaming the people outside yelling "FIRE!"
Agent X7kR report. Day one Amaalik met Aqqaluk next to the dock. Had a discussion about the newly installed stoplight and the importance of being the first town with one. They were added to the technology inclined surveillance list. Hans had påleg toast.
påleg
Pålægschokolade ("chocolate to put on bread") are thin slices of chocolate (or vekao) that are used as a topping (in Danish, pålæg) on bread, such as rugbrød or white bread, similar to how chocolate spread is used in many countries. It is common in Denmark.
I see why they're spying
This is how you get added to a kill list in Gaza (by Lavender)
As in "Oh shit, they found out"?
And I'd bet they're doing the same thing to Canada.
Canadians know they are for sure. Have been for some time.
We don't even have to install stingrays on our embassies in Canada.
Our own cell towers on our border collect an enormous amount of intel.
politicizing
You work in politics and are openly discussing invading an ally to expand your colonial empire. By it's very nature this news is politics and that's your fuckin' fault.
This administration is a shame upon the country.
How the fuck are you supposed to counter-spy against a regime this socially impaired and stupid? Do you have to run your op as a Xtian vegetable cartoon or do you just hang out with them while they're executing dogs in the gravel pit?
Reminds me of the old quote
A serious problem in planning against American doctrine is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine.
But even stupider
Deep state actor is upset about WSJ aiding deep state actors.
This absolute imbecilic Russian operative has been using a single-word password, "shraddha" for her devices for years... And now Russia has their spy in the central seat overseeing all intelligence assets in the USA. Fucking absurd.
Iron Sky is some real life wkuk history channel type bullshit that's happening right now but it's the Uwe Boll version.
You don’t have to be smart, good, or even competent. Just a toady.
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