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It's not about the relationship or any bribe. Those F-15's and other assets ensure that we can get the other necessary assets onto that island if there is a need. If the need developed and someone were able to occupy that island then we would have to spend a river of blood winning it back and placing ourselves back into a position to protect vital sea lanes that we would have lost for whatever interim.

This is not about bribing, feel good influence, or anything like that. It's about hard cold strategic reality in this case, and the lessons of history.

4 F15's are not going to hold the island. In any "Icelandic Invasion" scenario you are going to have to augment the force with other troops and equipment. If Iceland is truly being threatened they will decide at that point which side they are on, and either allow (or beg) us to deploy or not.

If you want to put something useful there (like anti-Missle base) then I'm onboard. Those 4 F-15's are for a non-existent threat. Even if the Ruskies fired up, the days of inbound Foxbats our long gone. It would be missles.