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Aug 16, 2019
4:42:27am

chilango All-American

We already have a military base in Greenland, and Denmark is a NATO ally, so we

are already there militarily. In fact, we have pulled back in the Arctic region in recent years, having closed a large base in Iceland (another NATO ally) in 2006.

Thule Air Base

Thule Air Base, or Thule Air Base/Pituffik Airport (IATA: THU, ICAO: BGTL), is the United States Air Force's northernmost base, located 1,207 km (750 mi) north of the Arctic Circle and 1,524 km (947 mi) from the North Pole on the northwest coast of the island of Greenland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Air_Base[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Air_Base]

Historic photographs show the abandoned Keflavík Naval Air Station shortly after its closure in 2006

Photos by Bragi Þór Jósefsson In 2006, shortly after the US Military closed down its Keflavík Naval Air Station, located on Iceland’s southwest corner, photographer Bragi Þór Jósefsson visited the abandoned base to record the remaining structures.

https://icelandmag.is/article/historic-photographs-show-abandoned-keflavik-naval-air-station-shortly-after-its-closure

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If the US buys Greenland, what should we do with it?

chilango

8/15/19 7:16pm

Finally letting it live up to it’s name with global warming. #eatmorebeef

8/15/19 7:18pm

RE: Finally letting it live up to it’s name with global warming.

chilango

8/15/19 7:23pm

Use it to shoot missiles at our arch enemies Canada and Sweden (Free A$AP)

Natedog916

8/15/19 7:18pm

I’ve never thought about this. You can just buy and sell huge territories in 2019? Can we sell Idaho to somebody?

TCuz

8/15/19 7:21pm

Maybe Greenland will buy it.

chilango

8/15/19 7:21pm

Maybe a 1 for 1 trade?

TCuz

8/15/19 7:22pm

Would Idahoans have to learn Danish?

chilango

8/15/19 7:27pm

Would a 1039 exchange be a good strategy here?

squidmark

8/15/19 7:56pm

I’m not sure. Are they substantially similar? One is mostly barren, useless land that has little value

TCuz

8/15/19 8:14pm

The Gem State?

8/15/19 7:35pm

RE: If the US buys Greenland, what should we do with it?

8/15/19 7:23pm

Make it a territory. Use it for its resources and strategic military location. Build some nice resort towns

8/15/19 7:23pm

Greenland is autonomous. Are you suggesting the US buy it and force

Mister P

8/15/19 7:26pm

Yes. That is what I’m suggesting. The current people can keep their towns which they don’t own anyways and in exchange

8/15/19 7:27pm

You assume they'd feel being American is much better than their

Mister P

8/15/19 7:30pm

Yes. If not, they can obviously move to Denmark if they’d like. I’m guessing most of the 55k would chose to stay

8/15/19 7:32pm

That sounds like a PR nightmare. Buy their homes and kick them out.

Mister P

8/15/19 7:36pm

Uh what. I already said they could keep their homes and that this is assuming a favorable deal would be worked out for

8/15/19 7:40pm

There is no private land in Greenland.

Spocougar

8/15/19 9:54pm

For what purpose? Just because?

Mister P

8/15/19 7:23pm

That is an excellent question. Which is why I asked.

chilango

8/15/19 7:25pm

RE: If the US buys Greenland, what should we do with it?

letthewookiewin

8/15/19 7:24pm

Make it actually green

CSoul

8/15/19 7:25pm

That's a lot of paint

TNT

8/15/19 7:29pm

Only reason that makes sense is to exploit it's natural resources. So I would

WDaddy

8/15/19 7:33pm

Make BYU-Greenland

Zedhead

8/15/19 7:34pm

Too similar to BYU-Rexburg.

chilango

8/15/19 8:48pm

With global warming Greenland figures to be prime real estate in like 4 years. Seems like a good investment to me.

BYUnerd

8/15/19 7:49pm

How does this work exactly?

B Blue

8/15/19 8:16pm

I don't think the US could afford Greenland.

8/15/19 9:16pm

Interesting that we’ve tried to buy it a couple times before

sunjieming

8/15/19 9:21pm

Maybe a way to be closer to & prohibit Russian expansion & usurpation in the arc

pegushin

8/15/19 10:31pm

We already have a military base in Greenland, and Denmark is a NATO ally, so we

chilango

8/16/19 4:42am

Maybe we could trade California for it.

67Regent

8/15/19 10:22pm

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