Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies
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"...and you're only supposed to do that to brown people!"
Or yellow, for the Dutch.
Slander, we are very inclusive in our excluding ways. Discrimination for the masses by the masses!
They only give a shit because the US is threatening to take their colony away from them.
Pot calling the kettle blackDanes calling the Americans white.The legal framework for Greenland to declare independence has been in place for decades.
They're currently a self-ruling territory that is part of the Danish realm by choice. Not saying that forgives old colonialist crimes, but it hasn't been a Danish colony for a while now.
And this is some sort of new revelation? Are these Dutch folks named Rip Van Winkle?
::: spoiler Dutch is the adjective for things from the Netherlands, and also the demonym for people from there. The demonym for Denmark is Dane and the adjective is Danish.
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My bad. Are these Danes named Rip Van Winkle?
I doubt it; it would be odd if they were named after a fictional Dutch-American :)
It says it right in the title. Multiple comments mentioning the Dutch. There’s some quite ignorant people commenting here.
What other US allies have stated this officially? Denmark is ahead of the curve.
America has been asserting its will be throwing around their economic might for decades, as long as I can remember. It's nothing new.
lomg ago i got the impression that this was the sole basis for countries signing onto the whole five-eyes surveillance network
Well done!
Publicly announcing what everyone who's paying attention has known for the better part of a century at the EXACT time where it's the least likely to influence those in power is some excellent fucking spycraft!
What's next? They're going to point out that the hundreds of US military bases in foreign countries aren't there to help out the locals? 🙄🤦
Wow. Someone's wakey wakey!
Thank goodness the Dutch have never ever ever ever done this a bunch.
Danish. It says Danish in the title. Why are people talking about the Dutch?
Because we really don't care lulz
It's using all of its power to seize control over everything it can. America is the greatest threat to democracy and autonomy since the USSR.
You people are a parody of yourselves
That you can't see the danger is why it's here.
"This capitalist empire trying to eat the world is the fault of those damn communists (who were warning us about it)"
Liberal chauvinists physically incapable of taking accountability for the consequences of their ideology
I'm guessing that sounded less stupid in your head
Jesus, imagine thinking that was good enough to post
Are you 12?