[NY Post] Trump wants to buy Greenland, again, after claiming US could take back ownership of Panama

Good thing I didn't suggest we invade Canada.

 

Yet you have no problem taking it over Greenland against the will of the people of Greenland. Wtf is wrong with you

 

Yea I am not opposed to acquiring Greenland by "force" if Denmark won't sell or give it to us. [which I would prefer].

Such an event would likely be bloodless and would be little more than U.S. troops occupying public buildings and changing the flags out.

Greenland has a approximately 50,000 Greenlanders.

That means approximately 10-15,000 males within reasonable fighting age... in a very harsh environment... the topography is mostly grassland with few places to hide.... armed with what? They are going to resist an American take over?

I wouldn't expect resistance. They'd get on with it.

Parallels to Vietnam or Afghanistan are dumb.

 

Against the will of people? That’s batshit crazy. This is how world wars start. If the pillar of freedom and democracy can do this ANY country can take over any weaker country. This is batshit crazy

 

WTF is wrong with you?

The United States has tried to acquire Greenland multiple times over the last 200 years. It's a represents a critical geostrategic location. Increasingly so moving forward. Everyone with a brain recognizes the Artic is an increasingly important theatre for world events moving forward.

So 50,000 Greenlanders don't want to be part of the U.S.... probably even less because some will want that.... that should be a basis for compromising international geopolitical considerations moving forward the next 200 hundred or more years?

They don't want to be a part of the U.S.? Boo-Hoo. I don't care. We didn't ask the people in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico etc.

Things turned out ok for them.

And we're not talking about Copenhagen here.

We're talking about an Island 1/4th the size of the United States occupied by 50,000 people.

 

Yea I famously remember the world wars that started when the U.S. acquired Guam/Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

 

That was a result of a war so yeah a war did occur and guess what another major war started over 10 years later. Geo political stability gets disrupted by major wars. Also at that time the US wasn’t the empire it is now. Leaders of the free world. Now not so much. NATO would dissolve the world will be a more dangerous place. I can’t believe you actually think this is a good idea. Stupidity at its finest

 

Trump nutlicking at its finest. Just because you want something doesn't mean you can take it. That's how the war in Ukraine started. So, I guess you are ok with Russia taking that country? This is a NATO ally's territory. Its protected by THAT agreement. Denmark is NOT going to give it to the US. The US would have to start a war with NATO allies.....including Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Norway, Finland, ETC... I dont care how strong the US is...it would NOT win a war with NATO. Russia would sit back and wait and pick up the pieces.

 

The U.S. acquisition of the U.S. Virgin Islands was not related to a war.

Oh, wow, I didn't realize the Spanish-American war caused the First World War... fascinating theory Alex.

What an idiot.

 

No. I am not ok with Russia invading Ukraine. They are a geopolitical rival and I wish nothing but the worst for them.

If Denmark doesn't want to give it to the U.S. and won't sell it then we just might take it.

This fantasy you have all of Europe is going to rally and declare war on the United States and there is going to be some huge war between the United States and NATO over Greenland is just completely delusion.

Like, seriously insane.

 

Cool. Hopefully they give us a price.

 

The only idiot is you if don’t think major wars don’t create instability on the global scale it is why such Alliances were formed such as NATO etc.

 

idiot if you think that is why they are meeting. I guarantee you it is not about selling Greenland. Ffs are you that stupid?

 

Uh, no, I imagine the Danes/Greenlanders are asking for a meeting to complain.

I didn't say or imply I thought they were asking for a meeting to offer the Americans a price.

You're not very good at reading, or like most people here, are completely dishonest.

 

Ah, yes, that's right, the broad instability of the Spanish-American war caused the First World War 1... which caused the Second World War which caused the Holocaust... ipso facto... that's our fault...

 

Why stop with Greenland? May the sun never set on the US empire

 

Does the sun already set on the US Empire?

But I am open minded about territorial acquisition. Happy to hear a pitch and give it thoughtful consideration.

 

There is nothing wrong with saying you're cool with US purchasing territory or accepting a territory that has voted to join the US. There is something extremely wrong with taking territory by force.

 

Well, that's just like, your opinion, man.

I expect the "force" would be a couple thousand troops [if that] occupying some public buildings and changing the Danish flag out for an American one.

There are 50,000 Greenlanders occupying a country roughly the size of the American west.

Greenlanders lives and material conditions would hardly change if they go from being Danish subjects to American Citizens. [Hell, I am even open minded to paying them and really improving their lives].

People are blowing this out of proportion. It's would be a blip in history.

It would be great if Denmark would sell or even give Greenland to the United States but if they don't want to then force it is.