The Pentagon Pizza Index Surges, Target Not Iran but Greenland, Trump Faces Private Opposition from Generals!
On January 13th, after the Venezuela operation, pizza orders around the Pentagon once again surged more than 12 times. Obviously, the core decision-making circle of the US military is in a high-intensity overnight work "takeout alert". The last time such a scene occurred was just before the US military raided Venezuela and crossed the border to arrest President Maduro.
But this time, the direction seems to have changed: it is said that the real target may not be Iran at all, but rather Greenland on the edge of the Arctic Circle. According to a report by the UK's Sunday Express on January 10th, Trump has officially instructed the US Special Operations Command to develop a military action plan targeting Greenland.
This Danish autonomous territory with an area of over 2 million square kilometers and a population of less than 60,000 has suddenly become a "high-priority target" on the White House's strategic agenda. The key person behind this plan is the White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. He believes that the United States should take advantage to expand the boundaries of "non-traditional intervention," especially not allowing China and Russia to gain a foothold in Greenland first.
The strategic value of Greenland is indeed not negligible. The island not only has key mineral resources such as rare earth elements and uranium, but also controls the strait between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. With the melting of the Arctic ice cap, new shipping routes and resource development windows are opening up. In recent years, China and Greenland have already had contact in fields such as mining and scientific research, while Russia has also been strengthening its military presence in the Arctic. For hawkish figures like Miller, it is better to act first rather than wait for the opponent to move first.
According to Gao Ge, although the Pentagon is working overtime and pizza orders are surging, large-scale military mobilization is not directed towards the Arctic, but instead concentrated in Europe and the Middle East - C-17 transport groups are flying to the UK, AC-130 gunships are stationed at Malden Hall base, and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment completed the Venezuela mission and then urgently relocated. These actions seem more like a "multi-front pressure" deterrent combination punch, rather than a real preparation for landing in Greenland.
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