US vice-president JD Vance later says he will join unsolicited visit to Arctic island, which Mette Frederiksen says is ‘not what Greenland needs or wants’
I don’t care about “these asshats” but I really don’t want my governments to engage in a diplomatic race to the bottom or to start disregarding their own agreements willy nilly, it’s just not a good precedent. Also an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind and all that. I understand that might be easy for me to say from a somewhat outside perspective but really, nothing good will come from doing this kind of stupid shit, we need to keep our heads high, respect the rules we agreed on and generally make sure we keep everything kosher, that’s the only long term play and the only way we can maintain trust from the rest of our allies. Otherwise we’re just like them.
Besides I’m not saying “roll over and take it”, rescinding the agreements is a much stronger move than an isolated (and illegal) refusal at the border.
Right, I think we agree on what needs to be done, I just want it to be done for real, at the diplomatic level, not an isolated move by a random border patrol agent.
I don’t care about “these asshats” but I really don’t want my governments to engage in a diplomatic race to the bottom or to start disregarding their own agreements willy nilly, it’s just not a good precedent. Also an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind and all that. I understand that might be easy for me to say from a somewhat outside perspective but really, nothing good will come from doing this kind of stupid shit, we need to keep our heads high, respect the rules we agreed on and generally make sure we keep everything kosher, that’s the only long term play and the only way we can maintain trust from the rest of our allies. Otherwise we’re just like them.
Besides I’m not saying “roll over and take it”, rescinding the agreements is a much stronger move than an isolated (and illegal) refusal at the border.
That was President Biden’s choice of path to take. Look where it got us.
Denmark needs to tear up those agreements, because they will be trampled on.
Right, I think we agree on what needs to be done, I just want it to be done for real, at the diplomatic level, not an isolated move by a random border patrol agent.