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Sandy Hodgkinson

Sandy Hodgkinson

Retired U.S. Navy Captain and Senior Vice President of Strategy and M&A at Bombardier; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.

Jul 13, 2026

13:11
destruction, right? Yes,
13:13
weapons of mass destruction.
13:16
The US and the UK agreed.
13:17
They believed that the Iraqi armed forces had these weapons of mass destruction and posed a threat to their nations.
13:24
France and Germany, on the other hand, preferred to have inspections by the UN monitoring verification inspection regime instead.
13:32
It was a difference of approach in how you would address the weapons of mass destruction if they were in fact there.
13:39
The second point of contention was that there was no United Nations authorization for the use of military force.

7 MINS LATER

20:33
Now, Sandy, As a captain in the Navy, someone who spent years and years in the military, do you think that NATO is an unwelcome obstacle to US security related to Greenland?
12:29
Yes.
12:29
Weapons of mass destruction.
12:31
Um, so the US and the UK agreed.
12:34
They believed that the Iraqi Armed Forces had these weapons of mass destruction and posed a threat to their nations.
12:40
France and Germany, on the other hand, re- preferred to have inspections by the UN Monitoring Verification Inspection regime instead.
12:48
So it was a difference of approach in how you would address the weapons of mass destruction if they were in fact there.
12:55
The second point of contention was that there was no United Nations authorization for the use of military force.

7 MINS LATER

19:50
Now, Sandy, as a captain in the Navy, someone who spent years and years in the military, do you think that NATO is an unwelcome obstacle to US security related to Greenland?

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