• bstix
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    4 days ago

    Vance is full of shit.

    Denmark has kept it’s promises and patrolled the entire area for all these years. The latest encounter with Russians was by he Danish patrols. They all were.

    USA used to have 6000 soldiers on Greenland. Today they have 150. USA has done jack shit with their military bases on Greenland, except for leaving behind environmental disasters, which Denmark has paid for cleaning up.

    Is Denmark not treating the Greenlanders right? Maybe, but how will they be treated by USA? Will they even get to vote in American elections? I fucking doubt it.

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      Not only that, iirc Denmark offered the US a much larger military presence on Greenland, and the Trump admin denied the offer. I think it even included some mining claims. Still not enough. It really seems like the goal is nothing short of full territorial control. But the reason appears murky. Like if it is saftey, why is larger military presence not enough? It really does appear to be a lie.

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        Because the Danish administration 20 or 100 years from now could easily change their mind. For safety, you want to have full control.

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      how will they be treated by USA?

      Women’s reproductive healthcare ban, end of universal healthcare, elimination of science in schools, state religion, child labor, concentration camps for protesters, end of free speech, slave labor wages and rigged elections.