Re:Greenland bans all oil exploration
by dcolkitt on Sunday July 18, 2021 @11:10AM
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I see your point, but defense seems wholly unnecessary. In what possible scenario would Greenland be invaded and not be protected by the US, Canada, and/or the UK.
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Re:Greenland bans all oil exploration
by JumpCrisscross on Sunday July 18, 2021 @11:32AM
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> In what possible scenario would Greenland be invaded and not be protected by the US, Canada, and/or the UK.
If Russia put down a commercial landing and started drilling off Greenland, we’d throw around sanctions but I’d sure as hell want to see a military base before I’d advocate going to war with a superpower over fewer than 60,000 people. Especially if a decent fraction of the population could, reasonably, claim they were free riding on our blood and money.
In the case where the US, Canada or UK are the invaders, regardless of how likely could that be.
Re:Greenland bans all oil exploration
by DaiPlusPlus on Sunday July 18, 2021 @06:51PM
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Considering Brexit, there's precedent: The Cod Wars