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The timing of the Greenland 🇬🇱 threats pre-Davos, were a savvy real politik tool. As highlighted in multiple conversations in the last month, unlike military RT action in Venezuela 🇻🇪 & Iran 🇮🇷 , they were always an imaginary ‘big stick’ to give Europe cover for dramatically increasing defense spending.

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German Chancellor @_FriedrichMerz at @davos says he’s concerned we’re in "A world whose old order is unraveling at breathtaking pace." "The United States' global pole position is being challenged. And Washington reacts by radically reshaping its foreign and security policy. We have entered a time of great power politics." He adds Europe “must invest massively in our ability to defend ourselves. And we are doing so. … We must stand closer together among Europeans and among like-minded partners. … A world where only power counts is a dangerous place. First for small states, then for the middle powers, and ultimately for the great ones. I do not say this lightly. In the 20th Century, my country Germany went down this road to a bitter end. It went down this road to the abyss.”
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