Subject: Re: war with Denmark or Panama??
This was being discussed on NPR today. One "expert" expressed that the local population is comprised of multi generation fishermen who take pride in hard work self sufficiency. They don't care for the socialist flavored governance that is forced on them from Denmark and if given a choice, many would choose the USA.
Then let them gather and petition their government for redress.
We should stay OUT of that internal debate, rather than going off half cocked and claiming that WE best represent the aspirations of Greenland’s population.
That IS the argument of dictators. It’s Hitler rushing into Czechoslovakia to save ethnic Germans. It’s Putin rushing into Ukraine to save ethnic Russians. It’s the design of Xi who wishes to rush into Taiwan to reunite that “wayward” province because the Chinese are “one people”.
Either we have an international order based on rules, or we do not. If we do not, get ready for the future that the establishment of an international order sought to prevent.