The brutal treatment of the Inuit by the Danes legitimizes any desire for Greenland's independence or annexation to another state. This is what Europeans fear—and why they take Trump's comments seriously.
In recent days, mainstream media and social media have been circulating exaggerated claims about an imminent U.S. invasion of… Greenland! These absurdities are based on statements by Donald Trump expressing his interest in this overseas territory of the Kingdom of Denmark—a U.S. ally and a founding member of NATO. The penny-a-line journalists and their followers, lacking humor and perceptive ability, genuinely believe that such a possibility exists. Even Danish officials have commented on these absurdities.
But what is really happening? Are people so naive as to truly believe that the U.S. will invade Greenland? Or are they afraid of something else?
The truth is that Denmark has many valid reasons to fear the resurgence of a separatist movement in Greenland. The otherwise peaceful and democratic Scandinavians subjected the inhabitants of Greenland to inhumane torture, humiliation, child abductions, forced sterilizations, and rapes. And we are not talking about centuries ago, but just a few years ago. So the memories of the Inuit who endured the horrors of Danish colonialists first-hand remain painfully vivid.
It was only in the second half of the 20th century that at least three official programs from the Kingdom of Denmark came to light, each of which violated the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution 260 (III) A on December 9th, 1948. (more...)
Why Greenland’s Independence Terrifies Europe
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