Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "The Icarus Project" channel.

  1. That's kind of the problem though, how credible is that deterrence? Especially under the republicans? Our European allies won't risk everything for Svalbard if the US don't join in. And islands are already kind of considered a special case... Just look at some of the islands explicitly excluded from the treaty... An attack on mainland Norway would definitely be responded to, even without US help. But Svalbard? Its a price Europe might be willing to pay, even if we don't...
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  2. ​ @bluegold-wt3hs  The UK really isn't all that strong... You're right, France is a sizable power by European standards. And Finland has the capacity to mobilize a massive army of well trained troops on short notice, bigger then Germany etc... But reality still is that we're not ready to deal with Russia. And till we are I'm worried about areas like Svalbard... If Trump refuse to help us then Europe really doesn't have a choice in the matter... Even with American help we have far less ice breakers then the Russians in NATO and are not ready to wage a naval war in the Arctic ocean...
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  3. ​ @MrSulen-bi5nu  Trump is a convicted fellon. Do you really think that he and the rest of the republicans will respect the laws or treaties they've signed? Its like with Boris Johnson in the UK... Or Bibi in Israel... Some politicans just don't care about the law... Or the truth... Also, Svalbard is kind of a special case in many different ways... My guess is that the US and EU would just protest a Russian invasion of Svalbard, but do nothing...
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