there are multiple ways that an acquisition of Greenland could happen. One of them, an actual military invasion, could have long-term negative effects. The other options, no, I don't think anyone except China and Russia is going to be pissed off long-term.
If I cared any less, I might pass out. A need to shield yourself from things that I say is a reflection on you, not me, in this case.
What about the 85% of Greenlanders who don’t want to be acquired by America. Think they might be a little irritated?
What other options are those? There are two: with consent, and without consent. With consent is not going to happen, since Greenlanders don't want it, Denmark doesn't want it, and Europe doesn't want it. So now we're at without consent. Pray tell how we are going to get it without consent except a military invasion.
Of course, but they are currently unhappy being controlled by Denmark.
Natch. That would require a sense of integrity.
Consent would be the best case scenario. Hopefully we could come to some kind of agreement with Denmark and/or Greenland. Trump could also utilize economic pressure to force Denmark to relinquish control of Greenland. Again, not something that is great, but also not something that I think is going to have long-term impacts around the world.
Ah. Got it. Makes sense we shouldn’t be concerned about the people who, you know, actually live there.
The whole "force people to consent" thing is really impressive. I didn't imagine I could think less of you as a person, but you keep finding ways to lower the bar.
I could be wrong. In 5 years from now, which countries, other than Russia, China, Greenland and maybe Denmark are still going to be pissed off?
Around these parts, we call that a strawman argument!
Remember when this board first started and Zen tried to pretend for awhile to be a relatively moderate, nonpartisan, bosiding but sensible poster? Those days are clearly long gone. Whatever he now claims to be, he's definitely well into hardcore Trumper MAGA "will defend at all costs" territory and has moved into full troll mode 24/7.
as I mentioned earlier, an actual military invasion could have long-term effects, just as displacing millions of Arabs in Gaza could be a significant moral and legal situation.
Aren’t they like brown or something. Well not white and that’s all that matters. Throw in half of them are women. Maybe we should just gas them all. I mean Greenland would be a lot easier to take over if we just killed them all. And 1950’s America is what life is all about. White power and privilege.
I was born well before 1980 so maybe you’ll think I’m old fashioned, but I feel like a person’s word, much less an entire country’s, is a measure of their worth. Reneging on long-standing agreements - without good reason, and particularly without trying to resolve legitimate grievances in an amicable manner - is indicative of an absence of character.
Let me try to say this as clearly as I can. No means no. Greenland has clearly said no, they aren't interested. Denmark has said no, they aren't interested. If Trump nonetheless is able to acquire Greenland, it will be as "peaceful" as raping a woman after giving her a roofie.
When people get stuck just yacking it up
Acquiring Greenland would be amazing for the US. Doing it by force would be an impeachable offense to me but if we could buy it, we absolutely should.