Compact of Free Association in Greenland’s future?
Greenland may be as large as Texas all the way to the Upper-Midwest states, but it only has a population of roughly the same as Valdosta, Georgia.
However, with last Tuesday’s parliamentary elections all said and done, there has been a political shift in Greenland that can only be described as of glacial proportions (no pun intended).
The people of this sparsely populated land have spoken, and the ruling Leftists don’t like it. Nope, not one bit.
As reported by Breitbart.com;
For President Trump, this election produces a Greenland government which will at least work constructively with him, rather than reject American overtures with contempt.
Scenic downtown Valdosta.
As Breitbart also notes, the conservative and independence minded Demokraatit party has pulled in nearly 30 percent of the vote (up from a paltry 9.1 percent in 2021).
While Demokraatit’s Jens-Frederik Nielsen has made it clear that saddling-up with the United States isn’t his number one priority, the also conservative Partii Naleraq came in a close second 24.5 percent of the vote (up from 2021’s almost respectable 12 percent).
Jens-Frederik Nielsen’s Demokraatit, a pro-business party that favors a slow path to independence, won a surprise victory in Tuesday’s parliamentary election, outpacing the two left-leaning parties that formed the last government.
“We don’t want to be Americans. No, we don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders, and we want our own independence in the future,” Nielsen, 33, told Britain’s Sky News. “And we want to build our own country by ourselves.”
In a government that relies on coalitions, AP News gave Naleraq short-shrift;
Naleraq, the most aggressively pro-independence party, finished in second place, with 24.5% of the vote.
That’s it… nothing more. But Breitbart also noted;
The large and small of it.
Indeed, Naleraq party leader Pele Broberg wrote an opinion piece in English for USNEWS the day before the vote, laying out in very clear terms what he foresees such a relationship would look like. While Broberg would likely end up a junior coalition partner and not Prime Minister in the coming Greenlandic government, under European political systems, junior coalition partners can enjoy outsized influence on government policy.
Hmmm… so how in the world could Demokraatit and Partii Naleraq ever come to anything even close to an association with the United States?
That’s actually an easily solved question, a question that’s already been answered.
There’s something called the Compacts of Free Association. Those are agreements between the US federal government and the Western Pacific nations of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau (formally the US Trust Territories of the Pacific following WW II).
All three republics are sovereign nations, maintaining diplomatic relations with over 100 other governments. The three are in a “free association” with the United States. Under the Compact, the U.S. has full authority and responsibility for the defense of the three nations.
As also cited by Breitbart, according to Naleraq party leader Pele Broberg;
He said recent research in Greenland showed citizens didn’t want to achieve independence only to be swallowed into another country, and the path he foresaw was one of a close alliance with America. This could be a “free association status” with Washington like that of “by the Pacific island states of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau”, he said.
“We would get U.S. support and protection in return for military rights, without becoming a U.S. territory”, Broberg proposed.
During his recent address to the US Congress and to the American people, Pres. Trump opined
“Once again, I look at the Democrats in front of me and I realize there is absolutely nothing I can say to make them happy or to make them stand or smile or applaud. Nothing I can do.
Well, he’s right. The unbridled hatred for anything and everything related to Donald Trump (better known as “TDS”) is real and it has infected millions.
Citizen Trump receiving the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1986 along with Rosa Parks and Muhammed Ali.
So, why exactly is it that the political Left-Wing has this particular mental sickness? Just me, but I’m of the opinion it’s because Trump beat Hillary Clinton back in 2016.
Sadly for me, there’s no citable information that actually proves it, but more than a few whispers in the corridors of power note that upon learning of her loss, a rather shit-faced Hillary Clinton was screaming at staffers and throwing plates.
But I will note that prior to Trump’s foray into politics, he was the darling of Democrats in New York City.
Not many will deny that a pre-2015 Trump was widely loved by everyone, not just Democrats, across the political spectrum.
After all, the guy was a developer. Any builder who wants to grease the skids, especially in the Greater New York City Metropolitan Area, better start writing contribution checks to whatever politician who might muck-up the works. That’s just the nature of the beast.
But when Trump stepped-on Hillary Clinton’s toes by beating her in the election, we all saw the mental derailments in real time.
If you had a Trump bumper sticker, your car got keyed.
If your kid wore a MAGA hat to school, they’d be expelled.
If your Leftie boss found out you voted for Trump, you’d lose your job.
If you contributed to any conservative candidate or group, you’d be investigated by the IRS.
The Leftist mindset in a nutshell: “How DARE Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton.” Yes, it really is as simple as that.
I just ask that you keep in mind that even though Hillary Clinton accused Pres. Trump of being a “Birther,” the whole “Barack Obama Birth Certificate” conspiracy theory actually started within the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2007 during the Democrat South Carolina primary, as reported by Bloomberg News.
Clinton also accused then-Democrat (and presidential rival) Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) of being a “Russian asset.”
Not stopping there, Clinton went on to accuse eco-socialist activist (and presidential rival) Dr. Jill Stein (Green Party) of also being a “Russian asset.”
I’m not even going to bring up the astronomical number of “suicides” of those in the Clinton orbit. I’m sure those hundreds of deaths have a perfectly legitimate reason behind each and every one of them (sarcasm, off).
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk (yes, that’s really his name) looks like he’d knock your teeth out of your head if you dared cross him.
On the other hand, French president Emmanuel Macron looks like he’s perpetually prepared to offer a soft shoulder for his biologically ambiguous “wife” to gently weep upon.
While I don’t have any Polish blood flowing through my veins (but wish I did), suffice it to say that I’ve always been quite the admirer of both Poland’s religious faith as well as their martial prowess.
1683 – Under the protective mantle of the Holy Mother, Polish Winged Hussars crush Ottoman moslems.
But back to PM Tusk, as noted by the Daily Caller (emphasis mine);
All Polish men will now undergo military training as Poland seeks to double the size of its army and pursue nuclear capabilities in the event of a war with Russia.
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk unveiled these plans in a speech to the Polish parliament, the Sejm, Friday. “We are preparing large-scale military training for every adult man in Poland. Our goal is to finalize the plan by year’s end to ensure a well-trained reserve force ready for potential threats,” Tusk announced.
“We’re talking about the need to have an army of half a million in Poland, including the reservists,” he said.
While Tusk even mentioning Poland attaining and deploying nuclear weapons, that would naturally raise eyebrows. To that, I rhetorically have to ask; who are we (or anyone else) to “authorize” or somehow give permission to the Polish people regarding how they defend themselves?
If Poland so desires to add nuclear weaponry to their arsenal, that’s Poland’s business.
In the meantime, French President Macron is making some rather 1969s de Gaulle-ish noise of France being the nuclear savior of the continent.
France will consider extending the protection of its nuclear arsenal to its allies, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday, while warning that Europe needs to be ready for the United States to not “remain by our side” in the Ukraine-Russia war.
“Our nuclear deterrence protects us, it is complete, sovereign, French from end to end,” Macron said of France’s nuclear arsenal. “This protects us much more than many of our neighbors.”
Just keep in mind, folks… as the fictitious Gen. Webb stated in the film, Last of the Mohicans;
Kindly inform Major Heyward that he has little to fear from this General Marquis de Montcalm in the first place; and scant need of a colonial militia in the second because the French haven’t the nature for war. Their Gallic laziness combines with their Latinate voluptuousness with the result that they would rather eat and make love with their faces than fight.
Could Poland actually have a military of half-a-million fighters? Also keep in mind that Poland has roughly the same population as California. At 37.6 million, Poland can easily field a military of 500 thousand.
Another thing, while Finland has nearly one million troops (both active and reserve). Finland also has a population (5.6 million) roughly the same as South Carolina.
Final thought – I personally believe that if there’s one thing that Vladimir Putin would be deathly afraid of, it’d be a nuclear armed Warsaw.