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Interesting situation. With all the interest in Greenland, it feels like Denmark are going to need a bigger navy.
by bencollier49 6y ago
Interesting situation. With all the interest in Greenland, it feels like Denmark are going to need a bigger navy.
- ambentzen 6y agoWe'll just grant them independence, then it's not our problem anymore. They're always bitching about not being a sovereign state anyway. On a more serious note, why would we need a bigger navy? Is Russia going to invade because Greenland won't let some corporations mine? Or is it the corporations themselves that will? Also; NATO, baby...
- boomboomsubban 6y ago"Too many people want your natural resources" would be a unique reason to grant a territory more sovereignty.
- vidarh 6y agoIt would, but it would not be entirely implausible in this case. Greenland has self-rule on internal matters, but foreign policy and defence costs Denmark money. It implicitly accepted Greenland is headed for eventual independence, but it needs to be economically viable first. If Greenland turns down revenue from mining and in doing so drives up defence costs for Denmark, it's not inconceivable some people will decide they can't have it both ways. That said, I don't think it's likely.
- Dirlewanger 6y agoUh, natural resources is at the top of the list of why countries invade other countries...
- ghostDancer 6y agoI'd be more worried about USA than Russia, is more of a tradition on the USA to invade or arrange puppet governments for the profit of the corporations that pay/buy the political campaigns.
- bigbillheck 6y agoNavy's not going to save them from getting couped.
- mustafa_pasi 6y agoWait, is this why Trump wanted to buy it off them?
- yummybear 6y agoIt is - if greenland wants to become truly independant they're going to need some sources of income.