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Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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625 points zdw | 3 comments | 27 Sep 25 15:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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ck2 ◴[27 Sep 25 16:44 UTC] No.45397371[source]▶
fun-fact: CIA is currently mucking around in Greenland trying to get rid of people against annexation

this is not going to end well

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j9l08902eo

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-polit...

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danielscrubs ◴[27 Sep 25 17:17 UTC] No.45397624[source]▶
Exactly my thoughts.

I think US ownership (not necessarily of land) is inevitable, but it is going to take a couple of decades of these kind of polarising pieces.

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threemux ◴[27 Sep 25 17:54 UTC] No.45397967[source]▶
I think it even makes sense if it were pursued in a different way. Greenland is looking for full independence but can't really hack it financially without aid. I think the COFA (Compact of Free Association) model that we have with Palau and Marshall Islands would work well.

We get expanded military rights and potentially some mineral/drilling rights, while Greenland gets protection, lots of money, access to USPS domestic rates, and probably increased tourism in addition to the independence they desire. Their citizens could also live and work in the US indefinitely.

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pcrh ◴[27 Sep 25 18:56 UTC] No.45398464[source]▶
Greenland needs protection from whom? The only country threatening it is the US.
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1. threemux ◴[27 Sep 25 19:01 UTC] No.45398512[source]▶
The Arctic will be the battleground and trade route of the future as it warms. Being associated with the US is preferable to the other options (Russia, China most likely). There won't be an option of the status quo.
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3. gpm ◴[27 Sep 25 19:38 UTC] No.45398732[source]▶
Greenland, as part of Denmark, is part of and protected by NATO. As its in the Atlantic it benefits fully from that treaty.

It is also protected by Denmark's membership in the EU and the CSDP by virtue of the EU's collective self defense clause (which protects all of all member states territory, not just the parts in europe).

The status quo - apart from the part where the US is threatening to violate its NATO treaty obligations and invade something it is obligated to protect from invasion - is just fine.