We dont HAVE anything, thats the problem. It can all be taken away with the stroke of a pen or the swearing in on a koran.
Anybody who thinks we are legitimately considering an invasion (a real one, not a leftist screech howl, where they tell the impacted citizens to shut up like they are with Venezuela) is a certified moron or genuinely insane. On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 4:40 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > The point is that during the Eisenhower/Kennedy/Clinton/Bush/Obama years > we got all the strategic things we wanted (and still have) without having > to buy it. > > Buying it now would take well north of $1 trillion and still not get us > anything more (other than a lighter purse). That plus pissing off our best > long-term allies. > > It's just stupid to try to buy it, and even more stupid to invade it. > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 1/21/2026 1:32 PM, David Hannum via AF wrote: > > So many think Trump is a bully on Greenland . . . If you think he's so > terrible, you absolutely don’t know history. > > 1) 1867 – Andrew Johnson: explored buying Greenland & Iceland (right > after Alaska). > 2) WWII – FDR: U.S. took over Greenland’s defense while Denmark was > occupied. > 3) 1946 – Truman: offered $100M in gold to buy it. > 4) Cold War – Eisenhower → Kennedy: nonstop negotiations for bases, > radar, missiles. > 5) Post–Cold War – Clinton/Bush/Obama: expanded Arctic security & missile > defense. > 6) 2019 – Trump: said publicly what presidents discussed privately for > 150+ years. > > The U.S. didn’t “suddenly” want Greenland. > It’s been defending it, negotiating it, and embedding there since the > 1800s. > Greenland = Arctic power, shipping lanes, missiles, minerals. > Trump didn’t invent it. His crime is he said the quiet part out loud. > ======================= > NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Jan. 21 at the World Economic > Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that Trump is spot on about the importance of > Greenland to security. He said, "When it comes to the Arctic, I think > President Trump is right. Other leaders in NATO are right. We need to > defend the Arctic. There are eight countries bordering on the Arctic. > Seven are members of NATO. That’s Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, > Iceland, Canada, and the U.S.,” Rutte said. > "And there’s only one country bordering on the Arctic outside NATO, and > that’s Russia. And I would argue there is a ninth country, which is China, > which is increasingly active in the Arctic region. So, President Trump and > other leaders are right, we have to do more there; we have to protect the > Arctic." > > Dave Hannum > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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