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		sacnoradhq on March 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland to Operate as... There's an ongoing and popular desire to become independent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlandic_independence "Cosmetics Billionaire Convinced Trump That the U.S. Should Buy Greenland" (Denmark said "no" and Conan O'Brien visited to find out what went wrong.) https://visitgreenland.com/articles/conan-obrien-in-greenlan... Iceland relies on cooperation with the US military for defense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Keflavik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_of_Iceland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_Air_Defence_System

Knufen on March 24, 2023 [–]

As a Dane this appears true on the surface but not when diving deeper. Some in Greenland might desire independence but it has neither the economy nor the willingness to adapt to actually move forward with it.

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