Not for sale

Marco Rubio has stated that President Trump wants to acquire, presumably ‘buy’ Greenland, a concept that seems rather offensive. It would be the US, not Trump himself that would make the purchase hopefully, although with the money he made, and others lost, on his crypto products, he might be able to. If a purchase can’t happen then the option of military force is available.

The situation is similar to a problem my home state of Victoria is facing with sales of illegal cigarettes, a much smaller concern but often approached the same way. Anyone selling legal, heavily taxed, cigarettes are asked to switch to illegal cigarettes by criminal gangs and if they don’t then their stores might be fire bombed with over 125 being attacked in the last few years.

Basically the little guy is going to get beaten up by the bully except that this little guy has a very strong big brother, NATO. How long can this sort of behaviour go on? This may not seem important for many countries but Greenland and Canada are being pressured to join the US, Venezuela has been invaded, Mexico and Cuba are worried and this is all within one year and there are three more to go.

It’s not paranoia if you are right. Does your country have resources to mine?

Dennis Fitzgerald,

Melbourne, Australia