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FakeNoose

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Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 03:07 PM

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Link to original website (Danish Institute for International Studies):
https://www.diis.dk/en/research/why-is-greenland-part-of-the-kingdom-of-denmark-a-short-history

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U.S. relinquished any claim to Greenland in 1916 [View all] Tanuki Saturday OP

K&R spanone Saturday #1

Greed and ignorance kill malaise Saturday #2

+1. Paperwork means nothing to the rapist dalton99a Saturday #3

Imperial powers, dividing up stuff leftstreet Saturday #4

People and stuff malaise Saturday #5

Exactly what chump and the oil companies were doing BidenRocks Saturday #12

Same for our phony invasion of IRAQ popsdenver Saturday #24

"Cheney/Rumsfeld could divide IRAQ up among six U.S. Oil Companies." Yup, you nailed it. Follow the money.nt mitch96 Saturday #28

Yup popsdenver 20 hrs ago #29

Biden's fault. twodogsbarking Saturday #6

Thanks, Obama. JoseBalow Saturday #7

Trump doesn't honor agreements, even the ones he makes. surfered Saturday #8

Erasing history is important for MAGA IronLionZion Saturday #9

I guess it's been caught in the right wing's craw since grampy Trump did the draft dodge out of... Hugin Saturday #10

These don't mean anything anymore. We were supposed to defend Ukraine Arazi Saturday #11

Might not want to ask the Kurds! BidenRocks Saturday #13

Exactly. Trump can do what ever the fuck he wants apparently. progressoid Saturday #18

Trump keeps claiming Russia and China are going to take over Greenland. OnlinePoker Saturday #14

trump has never honored agreements he, himself, made. Why would he honor agreements others made? nt Wounded Bear Saturday #15

All I see is "Denmark's rights to Greenland were confirmed". But where? How? Callie1979 Saturday #16

Denmark extending their interests to the whole of Greenland ... TomWilm Saturday #23

Thanks very much! Callie1979 Saturday #27

As confirmed by the US in 2004 with a new defense agreement ... TomWilm Saturday #17

Thanks for this Bayard Saturday #19

Screenshot for the Twitterless FakeNoose Saturday #20

K&R Bayard Saturday #21

I just hope tfg does not just start sending troops to the airbase in G'land.. More and more troops and then mitch96 Saturday #22

Or... Wednesdays Saturday #25

During the run up to the Vietnam war there was the false flag Tolkin Gulf incident... Our reason to escalate..uff mitch96 16 hrs ago #31

The full treaty: "Convention between the United States and Denmark for cession of the Danish West Indies." sop Saturday #26

K&R orangecrush 19 hrs ago #30

Problem is, there's news out there, that the few Greenlanders have been drifting UTUSN 16 hrs ago #32

A little history on how the US agreed in 1916 to Denmark's control of Greenland in exchange for the Virgin Islands. LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #33