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On Mon, 1 Dec 2025 11:33:37 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 01/12/2025 11:19, Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 1/12/2025 8:50 pm, c186282 wrote:
>>> On 12/1/25 03:40, Paul wrote:
>> 
>> <Snip>
>> 
>>>> The whole (never ending) process is a can of worms.
>>>
>>>    I can believe it.
>>>
>>>    Denmark is a special case too ... small, but also a bit close to
>>>    Russia/Kaliningrad for comfort too.
>>>    If Russia goes after Finland/Sweden it might seize some of those
>>>    little islands between, secure its access to the North Sea.
>>>
>> Is this why Donald wants Greenland??
> 
> No. He wants it because its stuffed full of minerals. Under a mile of
> ice. At sub zero temperatures.
> 
> Which he didn't understand the implications of.

Control of the Arctic with both the Russians and Chinese eyeing it is more 
likely. There are easier places mine for resources.

While I understand the national pride it is sort of a white elephant for 
Denmark. However when you've lost territory for the last 500 years you 
hang onto what's left.

I think it is in one of Ernest Gann's books where he talks about the 
transport pilots in WWII. Without GPS all the fjords look about the same 
and if you picked the wrong one you were royally screwed. 

The US sort of annexed Greenland during WWII when Denmark was occupied. 
Apparently the Greenlanders preferred that option to Canada or the UK. The 
cryolite mine was a point of interest at that time but that's been shut 
down.