Greenland USA

[IDELB2006]

This is a well-thought out post. Fact is, I believe the situation is not simplistic, it is complex and no single force or agenda is at play, but many. There is the issue of Russia and China, sure. But there is also movement with the evolving role of NATO, US-EU alignment, rare mineral and resource economics, next-generation defence system deployment, the increasing traversability of the Northwest Passage and its impact on the balance of Pacific/Atlantic trade flow versus Central America, offshore oil feasibility, the role of Canada, economics of data-centre cooling, transhumanist fantasies, and and so many other things. Denmark is not in a position to give Greenland the advantages it can gain from its position in these events; America is. I suppose we'll see how it all plays out.

Rather than sell Americans on the idea, and bringing Greenlanders  to realize this is a win all the way around, we have  Trump threatening to take it.

You seemed anti colonialism just a couple of posts ago.

[ANNEE]

I still want to know why Greenland is covered in ice and Iceland is covered in Green.

Is there a bridge for sale too?

You probably didn’t expect an answer to this. 

I read somewhere once that those that discovered them (probably Vikings) who settled in Iceland wanted to protect it from outsiders. So they made Greenland sound more desirable. 

Don’t know if that’s true but it’s logical.

[IgnorantGod]

[...] the role of Canada, [...]

Canada's role has always been and will probably stay as a "cash cow" of natural resources. And most "superpowers" already have their own piece of the pie. It wasn't a 'classical territorial takeover', rather an economical one. It wasn't military marches, but businessmen.

It was done through deals, company's ownership to resources and 'part of land'. There is a power struggle between at least Britain, the US and China which I presume having decreasing holds on said resources respectively. At the end of the day, not much of those go back to the population, but then again, considering the size of the territory versus its population number, it doesn't 'look like it' from our perspective.

Hence why I mostly see the "China's treat" as moot. They are already here. I can confirm they have acquired all small convenience stores that doesn't possess gas tanks here, and it has been for at least 20 years.

 

[...] the increasing traversability of the Northwest Passage and its impact on the balance of Pacific/Atlantic trade flow versus Central America, [...]

I agree with that one. I wouldn't be surprise that there was a push from the US military to pressure the administration in taking the northern routes pre-emptively.

[UltraBudgie]

You probably didn’t expect an answer to this. 

I read somewhere once that those that discovered them (probably Vikings) who settled in Iceland wanted to protect it from outsiders. So they made Greenland sound more desirable. 

Don’t know if that’s true but it’s logical.

This may also explain all their city names. A psy-op for the sake of obscurity:

"Hey we ran across an island with some nice harbour cities that we could maybe take over!"
"Cool! What was it called? I'll see if I can find it on the map."
"I dunno, it sounded like someone gargling."
"Oh... hmmm..."

[BasicNiche]

just in case I’m not the only one who hasn’t seen our new vacation destination, here’s some footage of the place




just over 55k people. Almost half the population lives in the capital Nuuk. 88% of the population is Inuit. The population growth has been less than zero since the Plandemic or just under 1% since the 90’s. How much value could this land mass really have for Denmark? I imagine they’re gonna sell without issue and leave their colonialism behind. Then Greenland can be a state of North America like it’s always been…

It’ll just be Alaska part two! White folk in their 20’s will drive their thirty year old tacomas up there, as if it’s a pilgrimage for the bushcraft crowd. Unfortunately the natives are gonna have to adapt to McDonald’s and Airbnb. There’s already a military base there anyway, maybe we’re just gonna use these poor folks as the next Pearl Harbor and we can all have a good laugh after the war. Good times…

[ANNEE]

This may also explain all their city names. A psy-op for the sake of obscurity:

"Hey we ran across an island with some nice harbour cities that we could maybe take over!"
"Cool! What was it called? I'll see if I can find it on the map."
"I dunno, it sounded like someone gargling."
"Oh... hmmm..."

Its isolation and Old Nordic base language probably had something to do with it. 

Even Old English is difficult. So “wordy”. 

I think I prefer lazy speak or grunts here and there.

[Kurokage]

It's a new world, and they can't keep clinging to their illusions that it's still the age of European Colonialism. 

So does that mean it's time for Trump to try to become a coloniser?  I thought that western democracy had grown a little and was trying to move on from trying to rule other countries?

[putnam6]

Let's make sure we realize the world is full of haves and the have-nots, corruptible leaders, politicians, and department heads who will take advantage of any situation they can...



This week, the Danes hosted European troops for military exercises on Greenland, asserting they are protecting the island from outside powers — particularly the United States. But for many Inuit, Denmark itself has long been the real threat. 

I had no idea...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/gre...ocialshare

Greenlanders speak out against Danish rule after decades of forced sterilization, poor living conditions: 'They stole our future' NUUK, Greenland — Native Greenlander Amarok Peterson was 27 years old when she learned the gut-wrenching truth about why she couldn’t have children — and that Denmark was to blame. 
At 13, she became one of thousands of Greenlandic girls subjected to forced sterilization by Danish doctors who implanted an IUD in her womb without her knowledge.
“The Danes don’t see us as humans,” Petersen told The Post in a local Inuit restaurant overlooking Nuuk’s famous fjords. “They think we’re too expensive, too small a population. But they take our land, our children, our lives and expect thanks.”
While the government of Denmark officially apologized last year for decades of forced contraception of Indigenous women and girls, the horrific mistreatment has cast a long shadow on the island that has become the center of an international ownership fight.
This week, the Danes hosted European troops for military exercises on Greenland, asserting they are protecting the island from outside powers — particularly the United States. But for many Inuit, Denmark itself has long been the real threat.
“I will never have children,” Petersen said, with tears of anger and sorrow welling in her eyes. “That choice was taken from me.”
Even in adulthood, medical decisions were made without her consent. Plagued with problems after the IUD, she had repeated surgeries for unexplained pain. It wasn’t until years later that doctors informed her that her fallopian tubes had been removed in one of the operations in the early 2000s.

[cherokeetroy]

Let's make sure we realize the world is full of haves and the have-nots, corruptible leaders, politicians, and department heads who will take advantage of any situation they can...



This week, the Danes hosted European troops for military exercises on Greenland, asserting they are protecting the island from outside powers — particularly the United States. But for many Inuit, Denmark itself has long been the real threat. 

I had no idea...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/gre...ocialshare

Research United States forced sterilization, you'll find a long history of it described as eugenics

Are the Greenlanders safer with US?

[Oldcarpy2]

Let's make sure we realize the world is full of haves and the have-nots, corruptible leaders, politicians, and department heads who will take advantage of any situation they can...



This week, the Danes hosted European troops for military exercises on Greenland, asserting they are protecting the island from outside powers — particularly the United States. But for many Inuit, Denmark itself has long been the real threat. 

I had no idea...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/gre...ocialshare

According to your link, this all ended decades ago.

Interesting to see all the anti Denmark propaganda coming out of the woodwork.

Odd, that.  Eh?