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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Negotiations with Denmark are starting soon.

Greenland is needed for the long-term defense of the USA, the Western Hemisphere, and of the EU.

If NATO is to stay intact, the USA must have Greenland. Failure of Greenlanders & Denmark to make a deal with the USA will result in the USA withdrawing from NATO. The USA doesn't need NATO anywhere near as much as the other NATO countries need the USA.[/quote]

NATO is much more valuable to the US vs EU. Without NATO the US will not have access to European and many navy/Air Force bases around the world. The US could not attack Iran without NATO and Diego Garcia. Yes the European are concerned about Russia but they are not scared of Russia.

Russia is not able to invade Ukraine a country with a 10th of its GDP and a 5th of its population. How would Russia invade NATO? NATO without the US has 5 times Russia’s population and 15 times its GDP.

You people make statements without facts. Without NATO the US will have to spend 5 times what it’s now does on defense and would still be a lot less capable. The logistics alone are non replaceable-no medical facilities Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, no air tankers, no access to EU airspace, no resupply of the fleet, no forwards deployed equipment, etc. If NATO ends it would cripple the US military. [/quote]

Kicking the US out of bases in Europe would have a lot of negative economic consequences for those communities, so I don’t think most countries actually do it.  Makes sense to bluff about it I guess.[/quote]

NATO without the US has a GDP of 27 trillion. The US’s GDP is 29 trillion. They do not need US bases for their economy. Have you ever lived around a US base? It usually has higher crime and lot of sketchy business.

In addition to losing the bases, NATO members do not need the expensive outdated weapons system the US defense contractor put out and will stop buying them. This will drive the price for those system way up. F-35 will increase by 25-40% for new planes and maintenance cost will double. That is just one system. 
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