Not that it actually matters, but Denmark was largely liberated by the British, small parts were liberated by the Soviets. |
MAGA dont need no schoolin. |
We don't need to own Greenland for the missile defense system. Nor do we need to own Canada or Mexico. |
Exactly. The same ridiculous logic would have us invade Japan so we can keep our base in Okinawa. |
Nobody’s liberated if the US doesn’t “invade” (yes I said it) France on D-Day. Ungrateful MFers should go read some of their own history. |
Sounds like you're an ungrateful MFer since you conveniently forget that were it not for the French, you would be hailing King Charles and not the Great Orange Blunder. |
Your point? US remains a British colony if France didn’t help them during the Revolution? All of it is stupid |
Agreed. President Trump is not articulate about it (he just tweets out "WE NEED GREENLAND") but that doesn't mean he's wrong. It's very important for the USA. |
We do not need to own Greenland for the missile defence system, just as we don't need to own Canada. Are you all just sheep? You just eat up his BS? |
Then why wasn’t it mentioned in the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy released two months ago? |
I'll preface this by saying that this entire conversation is silly. Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and the people of Greenland do not consent to governance by the United States. That said, the argument that America liberated Europe in World War II and Europe is ungrateful is wrong on both counts. D-Day doesn't happen without the British and Canadians. The fact that you said "the US" invaded is wrong. Over half of the troops who landed were non-American. It also doesn't happen without the Soviets, tying up 60% of the German Army on the Eastern Front. The Allies liberated Europe, not the US. The result was an international order that, for 80 years, was tilted to favor America. We got strong and rich and European countries went along with that, including by letting us put troops and bases in Greenland to defend our interests in the area. They've been grateful. For some reason, we're blowing that up. |
Or what about his first term? Was Greenland not important then, or was Trump too dumb to care about it then? |
We didn't liberate Europe as much from the Nazis, as we preliberated the continent from a far more enduring threat: communism and the Soviets. We went in to save western Europe from domination by the Soviets. |
If D-day had never happened the Soviets would have over ran Germany by late 1945. While d day in France was going on the Soviets were conducting Operation Bagration (June 22 – August 19, 1944). This offensive was arguably the greatest military defeat in German history (surpassing Stalingrad in scale)with 28 of 34 divisions of the German Army Group Center destroyed.
Germany was beaten by early 1943. Learn your history. |