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Re: Greenland Crisis

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Post by lumost »

BolsunBacset wrote: post #8
moralestapia wrote: post #2

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It is too short sighted to blame this all on Trump. The core issue is the West has abdicated its sovereignty and military to the US long ago.

And the US in turn abdicated its separation of powers. A US president lacks the ability to make treaties, or use military force without congressional authorization.

In what world does the president have the authority to annex an autonomous territory from an ally?

Re: Greenland Crisis

#15

Post by JohnFen »

t1234s wrote: post #12
fastasucan wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its their home. Why would you think they were?

I think many Alaskans are paid.

There is an annual payment from the oil money, yes, but it isn't large enough to affect people's decisions about living there, nor is that the intent.

Re: Greenland Crisis

#17

Post by t1234s »

pengaru wrote: post #7
t1234s wrote: post #4

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> Are Greenlanders paid by Denmark to live there in order to keep some sort of minimum population? Where were you educated?

It's a fair question. Greenland appears to be a very harsh place to live. Younger generations may not want to deal with that and go live in Europe.

Re: Greenland Crisis

#18

Post by telotortium »

t1234s wrote: post #12
fastasucan wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its their home. Why would you think they were?

I think many Alaskans are paid.

Alaskan Native Americans may be paid in the sense that the government provides subsidies for infrastructure and the like, but it’s seen as either welfare or necessary to allow them to keep practicing some of their native way of life. All Alaskan citizens also get a dividend from the Permanent Fund, but that’s only around $1000 a year. They are definitely not being paid to discourage Russia from invading (except for the military I suppose).

Re: Greenland Crisis

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Post by telotortium »

watwut wrote: post #6
jmclnx wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If we had sane (or brave) people in congress, he would have been impeached and convicted by now and tossed out of office.

Republican congressman uniformly support Trump and his agenda. He has full support of republican party. So do senate and so do republican supreme court justices. They stand up for this.

The Wikipedia article mentions a bipartisan delegation to Copenhagen in support of Denmark. Maybe they took along Republicans that have been a bee in the Trump administration’s bonnet, but it’s definitely not fair to say they uniformly support his agenda, only that they would rather support him than the Democrats.
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