[ExI] My prediction

[John Clark]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM Darin Sunley <dsunley at gmail.com> wrote:

*> The expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe is precisely the kind of post
> mission propping up I was speaking of,*
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*The fact that you now use the word "expansion" contradicts your previous
"weekend at Bernie's" comment regarding NATO.   *


> * > motivated on the NATO side by a desire to maintain influence and
> therefore keep the gravy train flowing,*
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*NATO expanded because the countries in Eastern Europe were as frightened
of their neighbor Russia under the leadership of Mr. Ukraine Started The
War's best friend Vladimir Putin as they were of the old Soviet Union. And
they had good reason to be frightened. *

*> The Chinese influence, such as it is, is in Copenhagen, not Nuuk. But
> Greenland's security importance lies in it being North America's effective
> border with the Russian sphere of influence*
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*The US already has a military agreement with Denmark that allows them to
build military bases anywhere in Greenland that they want, for the last
several decades the US has decided that it only needed one base, but they
are free to build more if they want to. The US does not need to rule the
people of Greenland, Denmark doesn't want it, the Prime Minister of
Greenland doesn't want it, and polls have shown that the people of
Greenland most certainly do NOT want it. And who could blame them, who in
their right mind would want Mr. I Lowered Drug Prices By 1600 Percent as
their Supreme Leader?*

*> I invite you to substantiate your oist interesting point: that a pivot
> to a spheres-of-influence international order is "stupid and crazy".Failure
> to fully engage on this point will be taken as concession that you are a
> mouthpiece for your favorite cable news network,*
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*Holy cow! Do I really need to hold you by the hand so you can understand
why  going to war with a peaceful NATO ally like Denmark is not a
particularly good idea?!  *

*>> if Joe Biden was still president and he said he was thinking about
>> bombing Denmark in order to get Greenland, would you still be saying the
>> idea was neither stupid nor crazy?  *
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> *> As to your final question, it is barely coherent. Joe Biden is bought
> and paid for, and has been his entire life, by the very people made rich
> beyond the dreams of avarice by the post World War II international order.
> For him to advocate for its dissolution, against the wishes of his entire
> power base, would be prima fascia evidence of mental illness - even more
> than he has already shown. That being said, yes I would still think it was
> a good idea even if he was the one proposing it. It would probably get him
> killed though, as it already almost has with President Trump.*
>

*I wonder if there are any more small peaceful prosperous countries besides
Denmark that you think we should declare war on; but this train of
yours seems to be heading straight for Crazy Town so I think it's time for
me to jump off.  *

* John K Clark *





> *> NATO is dead. It's been Weekend-at-Bernie's-ed since 1989,*
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>> *Well for a dead guy Bernie is looking pretty damn healthy! *
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>> NATOBulgariaEstoniaLatviaLithuaniaRomaniaSlovakiaSloveniaIn 2009 2
>> new countries joined NATOAlbaniaCroatiaIn 2017 1 new country joined
>> NATOMontenegroIn 2020 1 new country joined NATONorth MacedoniaIn 2023 1
>> new country joined NATOFinlandIn 2024 1 **new country joined NATO*
>> * Sweden *
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>> *And the following 4 countries have said that they very much want to join
>> NATO but have not yet been accepted: *
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>> *Bosnia *
>> *Herzegovina, *
>> *Ukraine*
>> *Georgia*
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>> *> The sabre rattling with Canada, Denmark, and Venezuela fit into this
>>> framework perfectly. All of them are about ejecting Chinese influence from
>>> the Americas.*
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>> *How on earth can threatening to bomb Denmark so the US can plant an
>> American  flag on a big block of ice like Greenland reduce Chinese
>> influence?! It's doing the opposite,  if I was Danish I'd start thinking
>> seriously about cozying up with the Chinese to protect me from the US
>> bully. *
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>> *> Reasonable people can disagree with this plan,*
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>> *Sane people MUST disagree with this plan.  *
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>>  > *it is neither stupid nor crazy *
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>> *It is both. And Darin, I asked Spike this and now I'm going to ask you,
>> if Joe Biden was still president and he said he was thinking about bombing
>> Denmark in order to get Greenland, would you still be saying the idea was
>> neither stupid nor crazy?  *
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>> *John K Clark*
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>>>> *Without exception every member of Mr. I Lowered Drug Prices By 1600
>>>> Percent's administration publicly says that his idea of threatening NATO
>>>> member Denmark with military force is a good one. There are only 3 possible
>>>> explanations for that strange phenomenon, at least one of the following
>>>> must be true: *
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>>>> *1) Every member of the administration is as crazy as the President of
>>>> the United States . *
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>>>> *2) Every member of the administration is as stupid as the President of
>>>> the United States. *
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>>>> *3) Every member of the administration is lying about their opinion of
>>>> the mental state of the current President of the United States because they
>>>> value personal power more than truth or the Constitution. *
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>>>> *John K Clark*
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