> Okay. I'm wrong, he was a cog in the chain to report an attack in order to facilitate a response to a nuclear attack. It's not the same though, Greenland is litterally saying don't wait for confirmation of invasion.

Your description of the forces in Greenland matches Petrov's orders: don't wait for confirmation. His orders were to immediately raise it with superiors, which he chose not to do.

Your description of Petrov matches the forces in Greenland: cogs in a machine.

> The stakes are completely different and not comparable. A hot war in Greenland is extremely obvious

Not to soldiers on the receiving end. That's the problem.

I was recently linked to this story, same category problem with different details and impact: https://www.dw.com/en/german-police-mistakenly-shoot-soldier...

> What's more troubling, that is being ignored by this debate, is the fact that we are even considering this with an ally.

Troubling, yes. Ignored? Ah, no, not in Europe it isn't? Are you American or Danish?