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It’s true that’s America bought the Virgin Islands of us, but it was mainly because the offer at the time looked like this: “You can sell us the Virgin Islands
by moksly 7y ago
It’s true that’s America bought the Virgin Islands of us, but it was mainly because the offer at the time looked like this:
“You can sell us the Virgin Islands for money, or we can take the Virgins Islands from you for free.”
America has actually offered to buy Greenland of us before, at one point offering us part of Alaska as a trade. The thing is though, Greenland isn’t ours to sell. It’s not Denmark, it’s part of something we call rigsfælleskabet, and in there lies a clause stating that Greenland can become its own nation when it’s ready to do so.
- hollerith 7y ago>or we can take the Virgins Islands from you OK, but that was during the First World War, and the US had a legitimate fear that Germany would seize the islands for a submarine base. Also the Danish public approved the sale in a referendum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Danish_West_Indian_Islands_sale_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Danish_West_Indian_Island...
- moksly 7y ago> OK, but that was during the First World War That was kind of my point though. The guy I was replying to was using this particular sale to justify why selling Greenland in 2019 wouldn’t be ridiculous.