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Posted by Paul on January 16, 2026, 11:31:31, in reply to "Re: Number of polar-capable surface warships (Greenland)"
LOL! You’re comparing Russians cutting the line in Copenhagen to the Chinese taking over Greenland? The U.S. can’t stop the Chinese from shipping drugs into our country. The U.S. can’t stop them from buying property in this country. Does this mean we can’t stop them from taking over here? Denmark is part of NATO and the EU. They can stop the Chinese.
The Chinese are a threat to Taiwan, and our interests in the Pacific. Let’s not be distracted by some phantom threat in the North Atlantic.
And frankly there was no shit in Greenland until the president decided to dump some there.
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My point is simply this: The Danes need to handle their shit so we don’t have to. But if they can’t even stop the Russian tourists/draft dodgers from cutting the line for the harbor ferry in Copenhagen, I don’t know how they are going to keep China out of Greenland! Previous Message
Yes, they do not want to be ruled by anyone.
And that includes China. Your argument makes no sense. There is no talk in Denmark to stop to support Greenland. In contrast, they increase spending. That includes especially increased spending to protect it.
Interestingly, the US has massively reduced its military presence on Greenland and is not investing in polar defence capabilities. The security argument is not credible.
In case of the Virgin Islands, you are referring to an event in the middle of the First World War - a completely different time. The Virgin Islands were at the time a colony. Greenland today is not a colony of Denmark. The rights of the people in Greenland are very different from it had been in 1917. Not everybody has still an world-view from the 19th or 20th century.
You comparing Greenland with much poorer countries. The median income in Greenland is 21x higher than in South Africa and 33x higher than in the Salomons.
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