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Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
(www.theguardian.com)
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The purpose of this line pushing is similar to Nazi Germany regarding Danzig (against Poland). The US is attempting to push the line to generate a response so they can justify an invasion. The last thing they want is a concession, because that will extinguish the possibility of justification. You can watch here as no negotiation will occur, and if DK/GL give a concession, the US will move to the next unreasonable demand to again try to force a justification.
I understand what you're saying, I just don't know a single time in history where capitulating to a bully has worked out in people's favor.
Seizing items that are in your country illegally is not a justification for war. The items do not belong to the US government. They belong to a private company. I understand that the US is in a frightening place right now, but I think they're using the threat to get more than they actually could. Just giving a bully your lunch money because you don't wanna be beat up for it only makes sense if they're definitely gonna beat you up otherwise. Maybe I am more naïve than I think, but I do not see a world in which the US goes boots on the ground over there.
I really think the only language that Trump and this entire administration understand is force and violence. If Denmark/Greenland is unwilling to enforce their own laws now, then I really don't see anything changing. According to the article this is in a protected area. If they actually start using the machinery and drilling will that be enough? Will something be done then? Obviously, I don't live there so it might be easier for me to say than somebody who potentially would be more negatively affected if something did happen, but I truly could not imagine us doing anything to actually enforce things over there militaristically.
The US is acting exactly as Russia does. They are putting a pretend line in and saying it is a private company, private individuals undertaking these actions.
First it will be an "innocent" oil company that is just exploring. Then it will be the oil company needs private security. Then suddenly we have a PMC set up in Jameson Land, which just happens to be owned by Jared Kushner.
You can intercept it now, sure, but they will try again in a more underhanded way in a more isolated area. This is going to be a continuous siege until Trump is dead.
Ok, but how is doing nothing now going to help at all?