The Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs has a message for the Americans
https://x.com/larsloekke/status/1905764027210547565 "Dear American friends. We agree that status quo in the Artcic is not an option. So let’s talk about how we can fix it - together. Lars Løkke Ras...
I like this guy. However, that "Greenland is also a part of NATO" is much too subtle for the Mango Mussolini.
FoxNews' Watters on American TV: "We are not in high school. We don't need friends ... if we have to burn down a few bridges with Denmark to take Greenland ... we’re big boys ... we dropped A-bombs on Japan and now they are our ally… America is not handcuffed by history."
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What is this security anxiety he's referring to as justified based on? The only recent provocative acts I know about have been exclusively in the Baltic sea or nearby.
New shipping lanes will open up in the Arctic in a few years.
And everyone wants to control them.
There is a straight line between Russia and USA that goes over Greenland. It is the shortest way to get to USA from Russia, if you were to fire long distance rockets or fly bombers. There is also an other straight line that goes over Alaska
