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The US agreed to recognize Greenland being a part of Denmark in the same treaty where the US purchased the Virgin Islands. If the US changes its mind right now

The US agreed to recognize Greenland being a part of Denmark in the same treaty where the US purchased the Virgin Islands. If the US changes its mind right now and uses force or other coercion, why would anyone trust any treaty or other agreement with the US ever again? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_the_Danish_West_Indies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_the_Danish_West_Indi... > During 1916, the two sides agreed to a sale price of $25,000,000, and the United States accepted a Danish demand for a declaration stating that they would "not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland".

skywal_l 10mo ago
And does it mean the Virgin Islands revert back to Denmark?
wiseowise 10mo ago
> why would anyone trust any treaty or other agreement with the US ever again? Nobody would, but 1 trillion defense (scratch that) war budget says you have to agree.
- torlok 10mo ago
  The 1 trillion budget says the US can flex its muscles, but once sovereignty is at stake, the US army becomes an ineffective money sinkhole only good at committing war crimes, as the last century has clearly shown.
- verzali 10mo ago
  If the other side have sufficient nuclear warheads it does not really matter the size of the war budget.
  - ericmay 10mo ago
    You have to be willing to use them though and suffer the consequences. Having them isn’t enough on its own.
    - barbazoo 10mo ago
      Exactly, and that isn't in the billionaires interest so it's not going to happen. They'd rather all their consumers attention be available to them than dealing with nuclear fallout.
hearsathought 10mo ago
> If the US changes its mind right now and uses force or other coercion, why would anyone trust any treaty or other agreement with the US ever again? Why did denmark trust any treaty with the US when the US had broken pretty much every international treaty prior to and since? The history of the world is a history of broken treaties. The US nor Denmark would exist without broken treaties.

skywal_l 10mo ago

And does it mean the Virgin Islands revert back to Denmark?

wiseowise 10mo ago

> why would anyone trust any treaty or other agreement with the US ever again? Nobody would, but 1 trillion defense (scratch that) war budget says you have to agree.

torlok 10mo ago
The 1 trillion budget says the US can flex its muscles, but once sovereignty is at stake, the US army becomes an ineffective money sinkhole only good at committing war crimes, as the last century has clearly shown.
verzali 10mo ago
If the other side have sufficient nuclear warheads it does not really matter the size of the war budget.
- ericmay 10mo ago
  You have to be willing to use them though and suffer the consequences. Having them isn’t enough on its own.
  - barbazoo 10mo ago
    Exactly, and that isn't in the billionaires interest so it's not going to happen. They'd rather all their consumers attention be available to them than dealing with nuclear fallout.

hearsathought 10mo ago

> If the US changes its mind right now and uses force or other coercion, why would anyone trust any treaty or other agreement with the US ever again? Why did denmark trust any treaty with the US when the US had broken pretty much every international treaty prior to and since? The history of the world is a history of broken treaties. The US nor Denmark would exist without broken treaties.