I can.impartialobserver » 09 Jan 2025, 4:49 pm » wrote: ↑ They want Greenland for the rare earth minerals and oil that could be extracted. I would oppose a military takeover. They want to be fully independent.. not an autonomous region of Denmark. Can't see why they should not be allowed to be on their own.
Vegas » 09 Jan 2025, 4:57 pm » wrote: ↑ Agreed. They are 56,000 people. Most of them are indigenous. Let them be U.S. CITIZENS.
It has coastline in the arctic, enhancing our claims to those waters. It has fisheries. It has strategic military significance.impartialobserver » 09 Jan 2025, 4:59 pm » wrote: ↑ The rare earth minerals and oil are not infinite in supply. So eventually they will run out. What do we do with Greenland when it offers none of these benefits?
I would rather be a citizen of a republic than a subject of empire.nefarious101 » 09 Jan 2025, 5:06 pm » wrote: ↑ The New American Empire in progress....Greenland, the canal and Canada are just the start
Ice ***.
A population smaller than Scranton, on an island thrice Texas?
Dammit. You're probably right.*Huey » 09 Jan 2025, 6:05 pm » wrote: ↑ Yes.
I don't think Trump really wants to annex Greenland. I think he wants to increase our military presence there. Same with his his tariffs. It is a negotiating tool. Start big and then talk down to what you really want.
You hit reply, but you did not answer his point. So you only PRETENDED to rebut him - all while projecting a false narrative on him.RebelGator » 09 Jan 2025, 6:45 pm » wrote: ↑ We could try it your way, hold up the card board sign that says...."HUNGRY NEED LITHIUM"......don't forget to mention you're a veteran and have 4 kids and a sick wife.
You are the one agreeing with Putin, that he has a right to expand his empire, you fruitcake.nefarious101 » 10 Jan 2025, 9:49 am » wrote: ↑ You Pootin' Sniffer's are worse than the Pedo-Progs when it comes to reality verses the fantasies you create to make your world go round. It's America.....delusion is your right....and please voice it as often as you can...to as many people as you can.
Glad to see Pootin' Sniffers go the way of Progressivism
And having Russian missiles on our border would be just fine with us. We wouldn't be all jumpy and invady like that dictator putin.jerrab » 10 Jan 2025, 10:35 am » wrote: ↑ maybe canada will stop exporting maple syrup altogether.
now that canada has seen what america truly thinks of them russia may be able to talk to them into installing a base and possibly claim america as part of the soviet union.
Actually, it does.PhiloBeddo » 10 Jan 2025, 11:37 am » wrote: ↑ Let Trump make his case, make an offer and see what the Greenland people say, not Denmark. Denmark does not own Greenland.
Which has been placed under a threat of international banditry, to be fair.
Just joshin'.jerrab » 10 Jan 2025, 5:43 pm » wrote: ↑ it is all part of trump's idea he can do whatever he wants and russia is aware of that. also there may be an agreement about ukraine but russia wants a fair 2 state solution in israel which is something trump does not want. you laughed at my post about canada AMERICA'S ATTIC, typical response from someone not informed.
jerrab » 10 Jan 2025, 7:25 pm » wrote: ↑ https://www.reuters.com/world/why-does- ... 025-01-08/
COPENHAGEN, Jan 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to make Greenland a part of the United States and does not rule out using military or economic power to get Denmark to hand it over.
And the fisheries. And the minerals. And the hubris.
He just says the quiet parts out loud.jerrab » 10 Jan 2025, 8:35 pm » wrote: ↑ probably a combination of both. trump will do anything if he is financially rewarded just like the oil in syria and that money that went to him was hushed
And missiles.Sumela » 10 Jan 2025, 8:37 pm » wrote: ↑ For trade or militarism? Or both?
Russia is decades ahead in arctic navigation vessels.
Being a proxy never pays - and shouldn't.jerrab » 10 Jan 2025, 8:50 pm » wrote: ↑ i have no idea. they don't leave a trail for the public. trump started it so he probably got some after. biden probably got kick backs too. the kurds got next to nothing.
There are only nine voters on the supreme court.jerrab » 10 Jan 2025, 10:23 pm » wrote: ↑ trump was stealing syrian oil when he was in office, no one said a word not even when putin and assad complained. and now trump is on the verge of setting off ww3 and still no one complains.
biden is done and gone. it is trump who has the power, not just politically but legally thanks to the supreme court.
Marginalized voices have a right to be heard and cherished.