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TomWilm

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17. As confirmed by the US in 2004 with a new defense agreement ...

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 03:42 PM

Jan 2026

2004 Agreement Between The Government Of The United States Of America And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Denmark, Including The Home Rule Government Of Greenland.

... Thule Air Base is the only defense area in Greenland. ...

Signatories: Colin Powell (US), Per Stig Møller (Denmark), and Josef Motzfeldt (Greenland).

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U.S. relinquished any claim to Greenland in 1916 [View all] Tanuki Jan 2026 OP

K&R spanone Jan 2026 #1

Greed and ignorance kill malaise Jan 2026 #2

+1. Paperwork means nothing to the rapist dalton99a Jan 2026 #3

Imperial powers, dividing up stuff leftstreet Jan 2026 #4

People and stuff malaise Jan 2026 #5

Exactly what chump and the oil companies were doing BidenRocks Jan 2026 #12

Same for our phony invasion of IRAQ popsdenver Jan 2026 #24

"Cheney/Rumsfeld could divide IRAQ up among six U.S. Oil Companies." Yup, you nailed it. Follow the money.nt mitch96 Jan 2026 #28

Yup popsdenver Jan 2026 #29

Biden's fault. twodogsbarking Jan 2026 #6

Thanks, Obama. JoseBalow Jan 2026 #7

Trump doesn't honor agreements, even the ones he makes. surfered Jan 2026 #8

Erasing history is important for MAGA IronLionZion Jan 2026 #9

I guess it's been caught in the right wing's craw since grampy Trump did the draft dodge out of... Hugin Jan 2026 #10

These don't mean anything anymore. We were supposed to defend Ukraine Arazi Jan 2026 #11

Might not want to ask the Kurds! BidenRocks Jan 2026 #13

Exactly. Trump can do what ever the fuck he wants apparently. progressoid Jan 2026 #18

Trump keeps claiming Russia and China are going to take over Greenland. OnlinePoker Jan 2026 #14

trump has never honored agreements he, himself, made. Why would he honor agreements others made? nt Wounded Bear Jan 2026 #15

All I see is "Denmark's rights to Greenland were confirmed". But where? How? Callie1979 Jan 2026 #16

Denmark extending their interests to the whole of Greenland ... TomWilm Jan 2026 #23

Thanks very much! Callie1979 Jan 2026 #27

As confirmed by the US in 2004 with a new defense agreement ... TomWilm Jan 2026 #17

Thanks for this Bayard Jan 2026 #19

Screenshot for the Twitterless FakeNoose Jan 2026 #20

K&R Bayard Jan 2026 #21

I just hope tfg does not just start sending troops to the airbase in G'land.. More and more troops and then mitch96 Jan 2026 #22

Or... Wednesdays Jan 2026 #25

During the run up to the Vietnam war there was the false flag Tolkin Gulf incident... Our reason to escalate..uff mitch96 Jan 2026 #31

The full treaty: "Convention between the United States and Denmark for cession of the Danish West Indies." sop Jan 2026 #26

K&R orangecrush Jan 2026 #30

Problem is, there's news out there, that the few Greenlanders have been drifting UTUSN Jan 2026 #32

A little history on how the US agreed in 1916 to Denmark's control of Greenland in exchange for the Virgin Islands. LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2026 #33