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70sEraVet

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2. I'd like to know more about "many people who are sick".

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 09:15 AM

20 hrs ago

We only have 150 troops in Greenland (https://theworlddata.com/greenland-military-statistics/#google_vignette.)
I was in the Navy. If I was on a ship that had a crew of only 150 sailors, and 'many people' were sick, there's a serious problem.
A reporter needs to ask Hegseth how many troops are sick, and how serious are the illnesses. Congress should be able to find out, but if the question came up, Johnson would call the House out of session.

And I would certainly trust Denmark's healthcare system over our own.

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Danish military evacuates U.S. submariner who needed urgent medical care off Greenland [View all] BumRushDaShow 21 hrs ago OP

I am kind of worried about that submarine Easterncedar 21 hrs ago #1

Submariner here. I'm not worried. Shipwack 18 hrs ago #14

I'd like to know more about "many people who are sick". 70sEraVet 20 hrs ago #2

I think Trump means that the US is coming to the rescue of all those sick Greenlanders. TheRickles 19 hrs ago #4

Thanks, TheRickles. 70sEraVet 19 hrs ago #5

"I think [REDACTED] means" is the operative statement isn't it? Do we really know what he meant? Ol Janx Spirit 18 hrs ago #16

A "submariner" Miguelito Loveless 18 hrs ago #9

I think two unrelated incidents are being conflated. Shipwack 18 hrs ago #15

Well, I would assume Miguelito Loveless 16 hrs ago #17

The hospital ship would be more useful off the coast of South Carolina to take care of the measles outbreak 3Hotdogs 18 hrs ago #11

It was very kind of Denmark to help the American submariner IronLionZion 19 hrs ago #3

Especially considering that both the Comfort and the Mercy are niyad 19 hrs ago #6

Dear god, he's exhausting PatSeg 19 hrs ago #7

Someone in need of urgent medical care Miguelito Loveless 19 hrs ago #8

Did Trump misread that Denmark "evacuated" the submariner to the U.S., hence the inane idea to send a medical ship? chowder66 18 hrs ago #10

I think he is still playing his role for his base. pandr32 18 hrs ago #12

Thank you Denmark! liberalla 18 hrs ago #13