Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/12/danish-intelligence-accuse-the-us-of-using-economic-power-to-assert-will-over-allies
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RiverRock@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 252d
"...and you're only supposed to do that to brown people!"
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 252d
Or yellow, for the Dutch.
Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 252d
Slander, we are very inclusive in our excluding ways. Discrimination for the masses by the masses!
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 251d
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.SmoothOperator@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 251d
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.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 252d
And this is some sort of new revelation? Are these Dutch folks named Rip Van Winkle?
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 252d
::: 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.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 252d
My bad. Are these Danes named Rip Van Winkle?
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 252d
I doubt it; it would be odd if they were named after a fictional Dutch-American :)
pstils@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 251d
It says it right in the title. Multiple comments mentioning the Dutch. There’s some quite ignorant people commenting here.
tubthumper@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
bold_atlas@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 252d
What other US allies have stated this officially? Denmark is ahead of the curve.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 252d
America has been asserting its will be throwing around their economic might for decades, as long as I can remember. It's nothing new.
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 252d
lomg ago i got the impression that this was the sole basis for countries signing onto the whole five-eyes surveillance network
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 250d
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? 🙄🤦
mrdown@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 252d
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 252d
Wow. Someone's wakey wakey!
Thank goodness the Dutch have never ever ever ever done this a bunch.
pstils@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 251d
Danish. It says Danish in the title. Why are people talking about the Dutch?
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 251d
Because we really don't care lulz
minorkeys@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 252d
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.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 252d
You people are a parody of yourselves
minorkeys@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 252d
That you can't see the danger is why it's here.
RiverRock@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 251d
"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
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 252d
I'm guessing that sounded less stupid in your head
minorkeys@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 252d
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 252d
Jesus, imagine thinking that was good enough to post
minorkeys@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 251d
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 251d
Are you 12?