Greenlandic 🇬🇱 citizen here,
The United States has had an extensive military presence in Greenland — and chose to dismantle it.
During and after World War II, the United States established a broad network of military bases and installations across Greenland. These included Narsarsuaq (Bluie West One), Ikateq (Bluie East Two), Bluie East One, Camp Century, and Kangerlussuaq (Søndre Strømfjord Air Base).
In total, the United States operated approx 15–17 bases and major installations in Greenland. Most were closed shortly after the war. Camp Century was abandoned in the 1960s, and Kangerlussuaq — the last major U.S. air base — ceased to function as an American military base in 1992. Only today Pituffik Space Base remains, with 150 American soldiers.
This large-scale drawdown was not the result of Danish inaction, but of American strategic choices made during a period when the Arctic was assessed as a lower security priority.
Since the 1951 Defense Agreement between the United States and Denmark, the United States has had the legal right to establish, maintain, and expand its military presence in Greenland. That option already exists.
If the United States now considers Arctic strategically critical, this does not require new narratives or the reassignment of blame. It requires American decisions and American investment — within the framework of an agreement that has been in place since 1951.
@Rickgannon You paid for the glass, so don't whine. You order a lot, you eat and drink a lot hence you pay a lot. Surely that can't be too much of a surprise?
The service charge is clearly marked discretionary. So all in all, you paid a fair price. It was your choice to go there...
@WNLVandaag De man is gevaarlijk voor de rechtsorde en het voortbestaan van de staat.
Kan hij net preventief in een inrichting worden geplaatst, of anders naar Rusland worden uitgezet?
@BestClipOnX No, he slammed that guy against the ground after he started to fight with him while he was doing his job.
If the guy cared particularily hard about not being slammed against the ground, he could have opted to buy a frikking ticket...