The blue-eyed colonizers are in disarray. With the collapse of former standard-bearer Ørsted and competition coming to Novo Nordisk the country has little chance of rebuilding its military. So no need for any Dane-geld.*
From ¡No pasarán!, January 10:
The Systematic Destruction of Denmark's Military Over 30 Years: "Ships that cannot sail; Planes that cannot fly; And cannons that cannot fire — Everything is missing"
Unfortunately for Denmark, the kingdom's position in relation to Donald Trump and Greenland is unlikely to be improved by the book that was published last November, Defenceless (When the Biggest Threat Comes From Within). (Mange tak for the Instalink, Sarah.)
Sjællandske Nyheder has spoken with Peter Ernstved Rasmussen:Editor and founder of the online media OLFI, the former reserve officer in the Danish Life Guard, Peter Ernstved Rasmussen, is known as a man who dares to speak out. Especially when it comes to the contents of his heart, Denmark's defense.
And there is little doubt that he does that in ‘FORSVARSLØS - Når den største trussel kommer indefra’, published by Lindhardt & Ringhof.
The subject of the book is what Peter Erntsved Rasmussen calls the systematic destruction of the kingdon's Defense for more than 30 years.
"Today it consists of ships that cannot sail. Planes that cannot fly. And cannons that cannot fire. Everything is missing, from soldiers, air defense, artillery, anti-aircraft defense, submarines, tanks, night combat equipment, weapons, ammunition, radios, and binoculars to things as banal as socks, notebooks, and printer paper," he writes in a press release, where he also addresses who is to blame for the Armed Forces' miserable condition.
"The book describes a national tragedy that could only be made possible because successive prime ministers, finance ministers, defense ministers, department heads, defense chiefs and top officers lied with open eyes, manipulated and withheld the truth about the state of the Armed Forces — and at the same time tried to convince the population that we had the world's best defense."
… [Incidentally, the film 'The Post' about the Pentagon Papers] has many parallels to the situation in the Danish defense and to the book 'FORSVARSLØS', adds Peter Ernstved Rasmussen....
IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
To call upon a neighbour and to say: —
"We invaded you last night — we are quite prepared to fight,
Unless you pay us cash to go away."
And that is called asking for Dane-geld,
And the people who ask it explain
That you've only to pay 'em the Dane-geld
And then you'll get rid of the Dane!
It is always a temptation for a rich and lazy nation,
To puff and look important and to say: —
"Though we know we should defeat you,
we have not the time to meet you.
We will therefore pay you cash to go away."
And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane.
It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
For fear they should succumb and go astray;
So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
You will find it better policy to say: —
"We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost!"
