White House Floats Military Option for Greenland
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What has been largely absent from the media’s narratives about Greenland is the fact that, from 1966 to 1991, Danish authorities ran a systematic program to suppress Greenland’s birth rate by effectively sterilizing thousands of women and girls, some as young as 12, during routine health appointments, without their knowledge or consent.
In light of that history, Denmark has no moral standing to lecture anyone about Greenland, its people, or its future, and it certainly does not deserve compensation of any kind for relinquishing control. This was the conduct of a colonial power engaged in population control, extending well into the modern era. Denmark should disappear from the discussion entirely and leave Greenland and its people free of any further interference or pretense.
In light of that history, Denmark has no moral standing to lecture anyone about Greenland, its people, or its future, and it certainly does not deserve compensation of any kind for relinquishing control. This was the conduct of a colonial power engaged in population control, extending well into the modern era. Denmark should disappear from the discussion entirely and leave Greenland and its people free of any further interference or pretense.
I've said all along that it shouldn't be up to the US and it shouldn't be up to Denmark. It should be up to the Greenlanders, period...What has been largely absent from the media’s narratives about Greenland is the fact that, from 1966 to 1991, Danish authorities ran a systematic program to suppress Greenland’s birth rate by effectively sterilizing thousands of women and girls, some as young as 12, during routine health appointments, without their knowledge or consent.
In light of that history, Denmark has no moral standing to lecture anyone about Greenland, its people, or its future, and it certainly does not deserve compensation of any kind for relinquishing control. This was the conduct of a colonial power engaged in population control, extending well into the modern era. Denmark should disappear from the discussion entirely and leave Greenland and its people free of any further interference or pretense.
It’s not like the U.S. has any moral high ground on this particular subject. We did the same damn thing to native women and girls.
IDK if you were responding to the sterilization issue or a plebiscite by the Greenlanders on where they want to belong. I don't think there are even 60K of them, nearly all Innuit or part-Innuit descent. I'm not even sure what "taking" Greenland means. The population is mostly in the SE tip and are fishing villages, which I'm sure the Don is not interested in. In the far north, there are military bases, some occupied, more not, which belong to us and which we can do with as we please by treaty. There is some promise of valuable minerals, mostly deep under the ice. However, these are not economically reachable now and are about as ephemeral as Venezuelan oil. I guess we take over their foreign affairs, which is about all Greenland really manages now. As one wag said "Just what we need - another Puerto Rico, but frozen this time"...
I was referring to the forced sterilization. It burns me up every time I’m reminded of it.
Trump on Greenland: "If it affects NATO, it affects NATO. But they need us much more than we need them…We're talking about acquiring [Greenland] — not leasing, not having it short-term. We're talking about acquiring."
The US used the threat of force to get Denmark to sell the US Virgin Islands during the Great War. The US said to Denmark, "You are way too chummy with Germany* so you can either sell us the USVI or we will just seize them. What will it be?"
* Of course, Denmark had no choice but to be friendly with Germany, given the power differential between them at the time, but such fine points were unconvincing to Woodie Wilson.
* Of course, Denmark had no choice but to be friendly with Germany, given the power differential between them at the time, but such fine points were unconvincing to Woodie Wilson.
Forced Sterilization of Native Americans | Encyclopedia.com
Forced Sterilization of Native AmericansDuring the late 1960s and the early 1970s, a policy of involuntary surgical sterilization was imposed upon Native American women in the United States, usually without their knowledge or consent, by the federally funded Indian Health Service (IHS), then run...
Welp, it's on for sure now. CIA reports show that the Greenland drug cartels are now close to developing a nuclear weapon.
Vegas odds on a war with Greenland:
USA -120,000,000,000,000
Greenland + 1,000,000,000,000,0000,000
USA -120,000,000,000,000
Greenland + 1,000,000,000,000,0000,000
if my understanding is correct, we will be simultaneously conquering venezuela, iran, greenland, and minneapolis
Then they get 40 acres and a walrus.
Well, that giant Ice cap is a perfect place to build an ICE headquarters. Unless the funds get frozen.
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