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This article creates more questions than answers.

- Will the rare earth minerals be mined eventually? As far as I see EU is going into that direction as well, as Greenland became so strategic over time

- What happens with all the land rights that American mineral extraction companies already bought? It means that even if EU/Greenland accepts mining they are already starting from a losing position

- What happens if the American government pays off the people and they want to join US? Will the Danish government still believe in the self determination of Greenland, or it's just political talk?

- what happens after US gets Greenland? Will NATO fall apart and EU get into an even worse position?

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- The only way minerals there will be mined profitably is by someone strongarming and displacing any local population, disregarding all environmental protection rules and destroying large swathes of land

- They either mine the minerals responsibly or ask their king to take over the country so they can mine irresponsibly

- Bribery to vote for independence and subsequent joining with the US is the only legal way that Greenland will become part of the US. It would have to be accepted by the Kingdom of Denmark

- Depends on whether it is done legally or with force. If done with force NATO would go under pretty fast. If done with bribery NATO is probably done anyway just way further out.

> displacing any local population

Why displacing? Greenland is 3x the size of Texas and only 60k people, mostly concentrated around a single village.

Because there's absolutely no infrastructure where noone lives. For good reason

The mineral dream is a dream for a reason. Americans have tried. The Chinese have tried. The Danes have tried. None have made a profit, and none have kept up operations

But I'm sure the US will be able to do it this time. Afterall the US has someone with an acute sense of realism in absolute power

Nuuk is small but not really a village considering it contains thousands of people

> What happens if the American government pays off the people and they want to join US?

Honestly I believe if they are willing to sell their future like that, they deserve everything the turd reich does to them.

This lot will be out in a few years. Blame your country's two party system.

And they'll be back in a few years later. I think the rest of the world has learnt that the US cannot be trusted beyond a 4-year horizon even when they make sensible noises.

"A Short History"

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