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The U.S. has — by far — the world’s largest defense budget, spending $948 billion last year. Its armed forces have 1.3 million personnel — some of them currently stationed in Greenland. Denmark, for its part, last year spent $9.9 billion, has only 17,000 soldiers, and most of its heavy land-warfare equipment has been donated to Ukraine.

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[-] Utter_Karate@hexbear.net 49 points 4 days ago

Gonna predict a quick and easy war based on enemy official military spending and the size of their standing army, eh? Gotta respect the classics.

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

And now, Greenlandic Dora in 2026:

"That YanKKKee soldier was just sniped by a qoqassiisarlutik sorsuttut. That's what we in Greenland call a guerrilla fighter. Can you say qoqassiisarlutik sorsuttut?"

editThat might actually say "guerrilla fighters" rather than just "guerrilla fighter", I'm not sure

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago

I absolutely cannot say qoqassiisarlutik sorsuttut, but I do thank them for their service.

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago

Honestly, I like singing along to Greenlandic songs sometimes. I end up wondering if I'm really so weird for not finding reading Greenlandic particularly challenging, or if other people just get scared off by the word lengths and never actually try.

[-] homhom9000@hexbear.net 16 points 4 days ago

Worked with the Houthi's

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