Frank Kendall on a Greenland Takeover: The Damage That Would Be Done Strategically to the U.S. And the World ‘Are Extreme’

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KENDALL: “I think Ben provided some good context for the strategically. The — an act of force against Greenland would be catastrophic strategically for the United States. It would be resisted, I would expect, by force. The U.S. has overwhelming force, so it’s clear how it would come out. But the damage that would be done strategically to the United States and to the world are extreme. I talked about earlier how a little upside there was here. The NATO alliance has been the most successful alliance in history. After over 60 million deaths in World War II, you know, a community of nations came together and said, we’re not going to let this happen again. We’re going to have countries unite together to resist aggression, to stand up for the rule of law and democracy, and to oppose expansionist powers. At the time, Soviet Union was one of the most concerned about. Now we’ve got Russia Today invading Ukraine, and we’re trying to stand up to that. So, to throw that alliance away for the trivial gain that you might get by having possession of Greenland is, I cannot think of a more catastrophic strategic move that a U.S. president could make than that.”