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(141,030 posts)malaise
(292,895 posts)That is all
dalton99a
(92,161 posts)leftstreet
(38,868 posts)stuff they didn't ever "own"
malaise
(292,895 posts)Rec
BidenRocks
(2,788 posts)just the other day about Venezuela.
They were carving it up!
This isn't yours to cut up!
popsdenver
(1,569 posts)The entire U.S. Military, and taxpayer money spent, so that Cheney/Rumsfeld could divide IRAQ up among six U.S. Oil Companies.
The expenses for the IRAQ war are still continuing to mount...Injured, maimed soldiers, replacement of arms used, etc.
The current estimate for the U.S., so far, (for the total U.S. cost of the IRAQ war), just passed TWO TRILLION DOLLARS and still counting....
Rumsfeld told us the IRAQ invasion, was going to be over in THREE DAYS, the citizens of IRAQ would be lining the streets throwing flowers at our troops leaving, and the total cost to the U.S. Taxpayers would be THREE BILLION dollars, which would be repaid by IRAQ owned oil companies, from the sales of the countries oil in the first year.......
Greenland can't put up much resistance, I think their entire population is something like 50,000 people.
Putin desperately needs/wants not only Greenland, but Iceland, Northern Canada, and even Alaska if he can get it back.....
And Trump/Republicans will try and get it so that Putin won't disgrace them all with Kompromat collected over decades, along with all the Ton of Epstein material Putin possesses......
If Trump and Republicans go into Greenland, The other NATO countries will have to come from Europe to help defend Greenland from the U.S. (and Russia), and Trump will leave NATO........Greenland will be conquered without the U.S. to defend them, and the European NATO countries won't be able to help Greenland and also defend themselves form Putin's invasions, just like Hitler in WWII.
mitch96
(15,660 posts)twodogsbarking
(17,589 posts)JoseBalow
(9,181 posts)surfered
(11,590 posts)During his second term, he imposed tariffs on those countries, effectively reneging the previous agreement he made, calling it a bad deal.
IronLionZion
(50,830 posts)they learn history only from confederate statues, not from any books, schools, or museums.
Hugin
(37,448 posts)The Kaisers empire.
I knew about Panama and Cuba. But, I have to admit this Greenland stuff caught me flat footed.
Arazi
(8,708 posts)By signing the Budapest Agreement in 1994, we guaranteed Ukraines sovereignty and vowed to protect them if they gave up their nukes.
Now weve basically thrown them to the wolves and given them half-assed support insufficient to finish the Russians, ensuring Putin has had enough time to re-tool.
Greenland agreement from 1916?!!
Sigh
BidenRocks
(2,788 posts)progressoid
(52,599 posts)OnlinePoker
(6,096 posts)Russia can barely advance in Ukraine and China won't even go after Taiwan. It's laughable that either country would try go after Greenland.
Wounded Bear
(63,857 posts)Callie1979
(1,153 posts)Cane we read the agreement?
TomWilm
(1,946 posts)In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respecting the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
Callie1979
(1,153 posts)TomWilm
(1,946 posts)... Thule Air Base is the only defense area in Greenland. ...
Signatories: Colin Powell (US), Per Stig Møller (Denmark), and Josef Motzfeldt (Greenland).
Bayard
(28,626 posts)FakeNoose
(40,218 posts)
Link to original website (Danish Institute for International Studies):
https://www.diis.dk/en/research/why-is-greenland-part-of-the-kingdom-of-denmark-a-short-history
trump--Sit down, and shut up!
I'd like to see Rachel Maddow do her thing about this, and the 2004 agreement. Publicize widely.
mitch96
(15,660 posts)some false flag operation to justify taking over Greenland..
It's in the dictators play book...
Like ruzzia retaliating for the attack on putins home that never happened...uff
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Wednesdays
(21,612 posts)I smell a perfect job brewing for the Proud Boys and ex-J6'ers!
sop
(17,471 posts)See "Declaration" on page 6 regarding Greenland.
https://loveman.sdsu.edu/docs/1916DanishWestIndies.pdf