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minus-squarewoelkchenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·9 days ago Greenland’s defense is managed by Denmark Go ask Denmark then, not other EU countries when Trump comes for you, Greenland.
minus-squareSmoothOperatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 days agoThey are. It was Denmark who asked other EU countries to help. Under the current rules, the Greenland premier isn’t even allowed to talk to foreign leaders without a Danish representative present. In a sense, Greenland has no foreign relations beyond those mediated by Denmark. What did Greenland do to piss you off?
minus-squarewoelkchenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·8 days agoAnd our tax money shouldn’t go to Greenland’s defense. Become member and contribute.
minus-squareSmoothOperatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoWhat tax money? Greenland’s defense is funded by Denmark. If your country uses its military to aid Denmark and Greenland that’s not Greenland’s or EU’s fault, that’s a decision made by your government.
minus-squarewoelkchenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 days agoNot if Denmark demands help from other EU nations to defend their non-EU territory that made the conscious decision to leave us.
minus-squareSmoothOperatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoDenmark demands nothing, where are you getting that from? Any troops or military aid sent to Greenland were sent freely and independently by individual states. What exactly do you think has happened?
minus-squarewoelkchenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoI oppose “freely sent help” to a country/territory that opposes us in the EU. They left the EC in 1983. That’s a fact.
minus-squareSmoothOperatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days ago That’s a fact. Yes I oppose “freely sent help” to a country/territory that opposes us in the EU. Fair. But how is it Greenland’s or Denmark’s or anyone’s fault if e.g. France voluntarily sends support? Isn’t that France’s own fault?
minus-squarewoelkchenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days ago Isn’t that France’s own fault? Yes. So? Greenland and Iceland shouldn’t get any. Everything offered should go to Ukraine who actually want to become EU member.
Go ask Denmark then, not other EU countries when Trump comes for you, Greenland.
They are. It was Denmark who asked other EU countries to help.
Under the current rules, the Greenland premier isn’t even allowed to talk to foreign leaders without a Danish representative present.
In a sense, Greenland has no foreign relations beyond those mediated by Denmark.
What did Greenland do to piss you off?
And our tax money shouldn’t go to Greenland’s defense. Become member and contribute.
What tax money? Greenland’s defense is funded by Denmark. If your country uses its military to aid Denmark and Greenland that’s not Greenland’s or EU’s fault, that’s a decision made by your government.
Not if Denmark demands help from other EU nations to defend their non-EU territory that made the conscious decision to leave us.
Denmark demands nothing, where are you getting that from?
Any troops or military aid sent to Greenland were sent freely and independently by individual states.
What exactly do you think has happened?
I oppose “freely sent help” to a country/territory that opposes us in the EU. They left the EC in 1983. That’s a fact.
Yes
Fair. But how is it Greenland’s or Denmark’s or anyone’s fault if e.g. France voluntarily sends support? Isn’t that France’s own fault?
Yes. So? Greenland and Iceland shouldn’t get any. Everything offered should go to Ukraine who actually want to become EU member.