Greenlanders dreaming of something they will never have

[ErikViking]

Former allies.

Fair weather allies if calling them out to pay their share.

Arn the fuck up and KILL THE BEAR.

Who would have guessed your view of the world and your position in it is formed by a fictional movie.

 

[eagle1462010]

Who would have guessed your view of the world and your position in it is formed by a fictional movie.

Satire and Sarcasm escapes you.

 

[d0gbreath]

They have nice lives now. I'm quite sure that they aren't dreaming of joining a 1st world shit-hole country.

 

[eagle1462010]

They have nice lives now. I'm quite sure that they aren't dreaming of joining a 1st world shit-hole country.

Well we will strip mine those minerals...so they should just contract mine it.

Rare earth is a gold mine

 

[ErikViking]

Satire and Sarcasm escapes you.

Not really.
But I won’t let myself be entertained by people threatening my freedom.

 

[d0gbreath]

Well we will strip mine those minerals...so they should just contract mine it.

Rare earth is a gold mine

Strip mining is done up on the surface. Not one mile under the glacial ice.

 

[eagle1462010]

Not really.
But I won’t let myself be entertained by people threatening my freedom.

Why threatened. Too damn cold there.

 

[eagle1462010]

Strip mining is done up on the surface. Not one mile under the glacial ice.

Well they will kill the ice first lol

 

[Flopper]

Strip mining is done up on the surface. Not one mile under the glacial ice.

Greenland's shrinking ice sheet and ice shelves, driven by climate change, are exposing mineral deposits, including rare earth metals. The cost of mining them is declining significantly. This could well be Trump's motive for an invasion. Since Greenlanders have no defense, they don't stand a change of protecting themselves from Trump.

 

[d0gbreath]

Greenland's shrinking ice sheet and ice shelves, driven by climate change, are exposing mineral deposits, including rare earth metals. The cost of mining them is declining significantly. This could well be Trump's motive for an invasion. Since Greenlanders have no defense, they don't stand a change of protecting themselves from Trump.

They are backed by NATO. FAFO Drumpf.

 

[eagle1462010]

Greenland's shrinking ice sheet and ice shelves, driven by climate change, are exposing mineral deposits, including rare earth metals. The cost of mining them is declining significantly. This could well be Trump's motive for an invasion. Since Greenlanders have no defense, they don't stand a change of protecting themselves from Trump.

What invasion?

 

[georgephillip]

This is a false equivalency. None of those other presidents suggested they’d “do whatever it takes” or that they’d take Greenland from Denmark by force.

Even if it’s just hot air, it’s very unpresidential and unAmerican

Trump is certainly unlike any POTUS in history. I didn't mean to suggest any equivalence between Trump's threats and how Johnson and Truman approached obtaining the island, and, at first, I also believed it was another example of Trump's derangement syndrome on full display, but now I wonder if it's a tacit acknowledgement of the coming global crises set off by rising global temperatures by someone who publicly denies it even exists.

Is Trump’s Greenland plan part of a scramble for the Arctic?

 

[Flopper]

What invasion?

Although I mentioned military invasion, the invasion does not necessarily have to be military. However, America should ask itself, do we really want to go here. Increasing military presents is one thing, developing the country is a whole different ballgame.

First, lets look at Greenland as it is today. It has a population of about 56,000 people. 88% are Intuits who have 3 different cultures and speak 2 intuit languages as well as Danish. They live mostly by hunting and fishing. There are 17 towns and 56 settlements where almost all of the people live. There are virtual no roads connecting the towns, and communication is poor.

80% of Greenland is covered by an ice sheet. It has some of the harshest winters in the world.

Demark supports Greenland at a cost of about 6 billion dollars US per a year. There is little to no development. The cost of bringing Greenland into the 21st century would be in the trillions of dollars.

The most likely form of invasion would be US dollars. However, as a friend that spent several years at the US base, Pituffik said, "Why would Americans want to invest US dollars here. It is a land of ice and snow year round. Most of the people don't want us here. And, any form of development would very expensive. There is nothing Greenland has that you can't get somewhere else a lot cheaper."

 

[eagle1462010]

Although I mentioned military invasion, the invasion does not necessarily have to be military. However, America should ask itself, do we really want to go here. Increasing military presents is one thing, developing the country is a whole different ballgame.

First, lets look at Greenland as it is today. It has a population of about 56,000 people. 88% are Intuits who have 3 different cultures and speak 2 intuit languages as well as Danish. They live mostly by hunting and fishing. There are 17 towns and 56 settlements where almost all of the people live. There are virtual no roads connecting the towns, and communication is poor.

80% of Greenland is covered by an ice sheet. It has some of the harshest winters in the world.

Demark supports Greenland at a cost of about 6 billion dollars US per a year. There is little to no development. The cost of bringing Greenland into the 21st century would be in the trillions of dollars.

The most likely form of invasion would be US dollars. However, as a friend that spent several years at the US base, Pituffik said, "Why would Americans want to invest US dollars here. It is a land of ice and snow year round. Most of the people don't want us here. And, any form of development would very expensive. There is nothing Greenland has that you can't get somewhere else a lot cheaper."

LOL

There will be no invasion

 

[Flopper]

Trump is certainly unlike any POTUS in history. I didn't mean to suggest any equivalence between Trump's threats and how Johnson and Truman approached obtaining the island, and, at first, I also believed it was another example of Trump's derangement syndrome on full display, but now I wonder if it's a tacit acknowledgement of the coming global crises set off by rising global temperatures by someone who publicly denies it even exists.

Is Trump’s Greenland plan part of a scramble for the Arctic?

I don't thinks Trump's vision for America stretches any further than the end of his term in office. For Trump, Global Warming does not exist because it means nothing to him. America has never had such a short sighted president.

 

[ErikViking]

LOL

There will be no invasion

”LOL”

Lord, save us.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Alliances, Danes are our brothers.
We could easily be the same country.

So if US goes into isolation, it’s bad. It will render us all sorts of problems and we would miss you.

But the alternative, a US hunting us, our resources and think of us as of lesser value is worse.

Why would we do that? We are only protecting ourselves, and also Canada.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Stay the fuck out your former allies countries.

We are already there, dumbass!

 

[ErikViking]

Why would we do that? We are only protecting ourselves, and also Canada.

You are doing it. There is no ”would” anymore.

The why?
Probably a complex array of circumstances, ranging from 9/11 to Covid, through economics, social media and how people can be controlled by means not available before. There is an element of fear, need to self insurance and idols. The wheels turned, and here we are.

Who knows for sure?
But, you are already doing it.

 

[ErikViking]

We are already there, dumbass!

Time to leave.