Buy Greenland???

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by clarkeT, Aug 16, 2019.

  1. garyd

    garyd Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 18, 2012
    Messages:
    56,984
    Likes Received:
    16,791
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Thule Greenland has a major US airbase we pay rent on it. We also pay rent on Guantanamo Bay though the current government refuses to cash the checks because they want us out and cashing the checks would mean they accepted the deal first established in 1905.
     
  2. spiritgide

    spiritgide Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 25, 2016
    Messages:
    20,218
    Likes Received:
    16,153
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    And no intelligence among fools that can't grasp reality.
     
  3. 9royhobbs

    9royhobbs Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 25, 2015
    Messages:
    14,967
    Likes Received:
    5,447
    Trophy Points:
    113
    I don't have time to list all you don't understand but in this case I'll help you
    Reply #45 by you
    "Maybe in your world Govts own people...but not in mine. Keep your national socialist rhetoric at home"
    No one said "Govts own people". What was said was "They come with the deal" which you confirmed in post #91.
    I "got it" all along, you seemed to have struggled.
     
    Quantum Nerd likes this.
  4. struth

    struth Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 2018
    Messages:
    33,519
    Likes Received:
    17,956
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Come with the deal? Nobody is buying the people they are free to make their own choices
     
  5. 9royhobbs

    9royhobbs Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 25, 2015
    Messages:
    14,967
    Likes Received:
    5,447
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Where do you get that information? Never mind, found it.
    Well done.
     
  6. 9royhobbs

    9royhobbs Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 25, 2015
    Messages:
    14,967
    Likes Received:
    5,447
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Yes, they come with the deal as opposed to "We bought the land, now you have to leave."
    It's "We bought the land. If you want to stay, stay. If you want to leave, leave," It's not hard to understand.
     
  7. struth

    struth Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 2018
    Messages:
    33,519
    Likes Received:
    17,956
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Yes they have a choice..the US Govt doesn’t buy people
     
    Moi621 likes this.
  8. Moi621

    Moi621 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2013
    Messages:
    19,293
    Likes Received:
    7,606
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    If :flagus: could just coordinate
    the invasion, occupation and assimilation
    of New Zealand by Australia
    with similar efforts by :flagus: on Greenland,
    who is gonna do what and where would they do it
    with such simultaneous, righteous use of military might.
    Should China be alone in carving out their sphere?


    Remember Hawai'i
    France, Russia, Japan, Austria, Germany etc. had embassies there
    and did nothing.
    So regardless of papers, documents and such fire tinder,
    who is gonna do what on which and how would they do it?
    And with two on opposite sides of the globe, etc. etc.


    <sigh>
    doesn't anyone respect Manifest Destiny anymore?


    Moi :oldman:
    Hawai'i Greenland!





    Greenland Also Contains
    :flagcanada: Hegemony.
     
  9. 9royhobbs

    9royhobbs Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 25, 2015
    Messages:
    14,967
    Likes Received:
    5,447
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Well.....not as chattel. ;)
     
  10. Observing

    Observing Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 12, 2016
    Messages:
    3,321
    Likes Received:
    910
    Trophy Points:
    113
    in Mississippi and louisiana- yeah those evil lefties with the stars and bars and p/u trucks.
     
  11. struth

    struth Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 2018
    Messages:
    33,519
    Likes Received:
    17,956
    Trophy Points:
    113
    LA and Mississippi have been controlled by the dems fior 100s of years just within the past decade have we seen a flip. But centuries of bad policies can’t be changed over night.
     
  12. Quantum Nerd

    Quantum Nerd Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 14, 2014
    Messages:
    18,084
    Likes Received:
    23,486
    Trophy Points:
    113
    How much money borrowed from China would you be willing to spend? Inquiring minds would like to know.
     
  13. struth

    struth Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 2018
    Messages:
    33,519
    Likes Received:
    17,956
    Trophy Points:
    113
    We don’t borrow much from China...they have about five percent of our debt
     
  14. PARTIZAN1

    PARTIZAN1 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 10, 2015
    Messages:
    46,841
    Likes Received:
    18,955
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    .05 percent is too much of our debt for China to hold.
     
  15. struth

    struth Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 2018
    Messages:
    33,519
    Likes Received:
    17,956
    Trophy Points:
    113
    It’s much less then it’s been in the past
     
  16. Quantum Nerd

    Quantum Nerd Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 14, 2014
    Messages:
    18,084
    Likes Received:
    23,486
    Trophy Points:
    113
    30% of US debt is held by foreigners. But, that's beside the point. How much are you willing to spend to buy Greenland?
     
    Last edited: Aug 18, 2019
  17. Observing

    Observing Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 12, 2016
    Messages:
    3,321
    Likes Received:
    910
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Conservatives have run Mississipi and the south for years. Just becase they had a D in front does not make them a progressive. The southern Dems were much more conservative than the Rockefeller/Richardson/Brooke/Nixon wing of the republican party and it has been 30 years since a dem senator came from ole miss.
     
    Last edited: Aug 18, 2019
    Margot2 and Quantum Nerd like this.
  18. Observing

    Observing Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 12, 2016
    Messages:
    3,321
    Likes Received:
    910
    Trophy Points:
    113
    We pay rent in yokohama Japan and for our bases in Germany. I never understood why we have to pay to help protect other countries. It is not like our bases are not a boom to the local economies.
     
  19. Aleksander Ulyanov

    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 9, 2013
    Messages:
    41,184
    Likes Received:
    16,180
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Manifest Destiny died in 1845 when we didn't annex Mexico. It had a brief revival after 1867 but died again when it became evident that we would treat the Metis even worse than the Canadians were.

    Greenland was never part of Manifest Destiny. Greenland is in Europe
     
    Last edited: Aug 18, 2019
  20. Margot2

    Margot2 Banned

    Joined:
    Sep 9, 2013
    Messages:
    73,644
    Likes Received:
    13,766
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Actually they aren't Charleston prospered after the navy and AFB left.
     
  21. struth

    struth Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 2018
    Messages:
    33,519
    Likes Received:
    17,956
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Only 5 percent t by China.

    Haven’t looked into it. I think more of a study needs to be done. My understanding is it has quite the nature resources, I’d want to review that and if we can get to it
     
  22. struth

    struth Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 2018
    Messages:
    33,519
    Likes Received:
    17,956
    Trophy Points:
    113
    They were big govt liberals...folks like Huey Long. They were not Conservative.

    There are more levels of govt then just rhe US Senate. Much more that have an impact on the state directly even
     
  23. garyd

    garyd Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 18, 2012
    Messages:
    56,984
    Likes Received:
    16,791
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Quite correct. As a global rather than a local power there were advantages to us in having the bases.
     
  24. Quantum Nerd

    Quantum Nerd Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 14, 2014
    Messages:
    18,084
    Likes Received:
    23,486
    Trophy Points:
    113
    That's a fair answer. Do you think Trump has reviewed a benefit/cost analysis before floating the idea? I think not. Maybe we have to buy it so see what's in it.
     
  25. struth

    struth Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 3, 2018
    Messages:
    33,519
    Likes Received:
    17,956
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Or course not he just floated the idea that what one does to get the process started
     

Share This Page