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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

But US can freely access their military bases. And US has their own military bases in Greenland. So who Greenland is going to shoot exactly? The airplanes flying to US bases in Greenland? The soldiers legally entering Danish military bases?

Also:

"When requested, the Danish Executive Agent shall make reasonable efforts to facilitate temporary access to and use of private land and facilities (including roads, ports, and airfields), and public land and facilities (including roads, ports, and airfields) that are not a part of an Agreed Facility and Area, including those owned or controlled by Denmark or by local authorities, by U.S. forces, U.S. contractors, and Danish contractors for use in support of U.S. forces. U.S. forces, U.S. contractors, or Danish contractors shall not bear the cost of such facilitation"

US can request access and Denmark has to facilitate it if possible. They can't just deny it because they don't feel like it. That's the 2023 agreement.

https://www.fmn.dk/globalassets/fmn/dokumenter/nyheder/2023/-us-denmark-dca-den-prime-english-20dec2023-.pdf

"U.S. forces, U.S. contractors, Danish contractors, dependents, and others as mutually agreed are authorized unimpeded access to and use of Agreed Facilities and Areas for visits; training; exercises; maneuvers; transit; support and related activities; refueling of aircraft; bunkering of vessels; landing and recovery of aircraft; temporary maintenance of vehicles, vessels, and aircraft; accommodation of personnel; communications; staging and deploying of forces and materiel; pre-positioning of equipment, supplies, and materiel; security assistance and cooperation activities; joint and combined training activities; humanitarian and disaster relief activities; contingency operations; construction in support of mutually agreed activities"

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

agreements with the US don't mean shit anymore, the US has shown that. everything is null.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So we should just declare all international laws null? Yeah, that's a great idea.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

no, all agreements with the US can be ignored, since the US has already decided and shown it will do whatever it wants regardless of existing agreements / laws

[–] Squirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's generally agreed across the entire world that if you enter a contract with someone and that person breaks the terms of said contract, you are no longer beholden to those terms.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 2 days ago

Please show me the part of US-Denmark agreement that says US will stop saying that it should control Greenland. Because international agreement are based on written laws, not feelings.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

I assume these things are authorized or announced in some way. If paratroops start falling or landing craft are launched that's a good indicator.