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UTUSN

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32. Problem is, there's news out there, that the few Greenlanders have been drifting

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 03:32 PM

Jan 11

away from Denmark towards wanting independence, with Denmark sort of over a barrel whether to die on the hill of defending against KRASNOV since the bond is weak.

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U.S. relinquished any claim to Greenland in 1916 [View all] Tanuki Jan 10 OP

K&R spanone Jan 10 #1

Greed and ignorance kill malaise Jan 10 #2

+1. Paperwork means nothing to the rapist dalton99a Jan 10 #3

Imperial powers, dividing up stuff leftstreet Jan 10 #4

People and stuff malaise Jan 10 #5

Exactly what chump and the oil companies were doing BidenRocks Jan 10 #12

Same for our phony invasion of IRAQ popsdenver Jan 10 #24

"Cheney/Rumsfeld could divide IRAQ up among six U.S. Oil Companies." Yup, you nailed it. Follow the money.nt mitch96 Jan 10 #28

Yup popsdenver Jan 11 #29

Biden's fault. twodogsbarking Jan 10 #6

Thanks, Obama. JoseBalow Jan 10 #7

Trump doesn't honor agreements, even the ones he makes. surfered Jan 10 #8

Erasing history is important for MAGA IronLionZion Jan 10 #9

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

These don't mean anything anymore. We were supposed to defend Ukraine Arazi Jan 10 #11

Might not want to ask the Kurds! BidenRocks Jan 10 #13

Exactly. Trump can do what ever the fuck he wants apparently. progressoid Jan 10 #18

Trump keeps claiming Russia and China are going to take over Greenland. OnlinePoker Jan 10 #14

trump has never honored agreements he, himself, made. Why would he honor agreements others made? nt Wounded Bear Jan 10 #15

All I see is "Denmark's rights to Greenland were confirmed". But where? How? Callie1979 Jan 10 #16

Denmark extending their interests to the whole of Greenland ... TomWilm Jan 10 #23

Thanks very much! Callie1979 Jan 10 #27

As confirmed by the US in 2004 with a new defense agreement ... TomWilm Jan 10 #17

Thanks for this Bayard Jan 10 #19

Screenshot for the Twitterless FakeNoose Jan 10 #20

K&R Bayard Jan 10 #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 10 #22

Or... Wednesdays Jan 10 #25

During the run up to the Vietnam war there was the false flag Tolkin Gulf incident... Our reason to escalate..uff mitch96 Jan 11 #31

The full treaty: "Convention between the United States and Denmark for cession of the Danish West Indies." sop Jan 10 #26

K&R orangecrush Jan 11 #30

Problem is, there's news out there, that the few Greenlanders have been drifting UTUSN Jan 11 #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 11 #33