• @zephorah@lemm.ee
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    246 days ago

    Can’t Greenland just close its borders to anyone from our government visiting? Why were they even allowed to land? Unless they’re showing up with the military.

    • @barsoap@lemm.ee
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      35 days ago

      The US has a treaty allowing people to travel to the US bases there, there’s some language about not being an ass while travelling through but it’d be a pain to invoke for the crime of knocking on people’s doors.

    • @Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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      15 days ago

      I mean, what are they going to do when the plane approaches the runway without permission, shoot down the vice president of the United States? They didn’t really have much of a choice. I doubt the Americans would have turned around once refused.

      • @zephorah@lemm.ee
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        15 days ago

        Shoot? No.

        Tell them no? Yes.

        This admin changed the rules, broke alliances, and is reforming us into a dictator/authoritarian government. This means the rest of the world owes them nothing. It’s not like the US wouldn’t detain a Greenlander at the border, they’ve locked up business owning Canadians with valid work VISAs.

        There’s no obligation here. Turn them away verbally and let the world know if they bully in anyway. It changes the game.