Posted on 04/02/2025 7:01:05 AM PDT by delta7
Vladimir Putin is one world leader who has studied history thoroughly. In a recent address, Putin discussed America’s plan to annex Greenland and explained that it is not some “extravagant plan” that Trump imagined. In fact, the United States had plans to annex Greenland going back to the 1860s.
Secretary of State William H. Seward was keenly in favor of annexing Iceland and Greenland in the 1860s as part of American expansionism. Not only was Greenland abundant in minerals, fish, and game, but it provided a strategic military base.
Denmark was willing to listen to the proposal and considered selling Iceland and Greenland for $5.5 million in gold. There was no formal offer and President Andrew Johnson along with Congress refused to approve of a treaty, as it was considered wasteful by Republicans at the time.
America believed Canada may consider joining the United States if they acquired Greenland. The Trump Administration’s ideas may seem absurd but this geopolitical strategy spans over 150 years.
The Alaska Purchase of 1867 was immediately met with backlash. The media mocked the purchase of Alaska as “Seward’s icebox” or “Seward’s folly,” angered that the $7.2 million purchase should have been spent elsewhere. The media claimed the “polar bear garden” had nothing of value and relentlessly mocked the acquisition. The unpopularity of the Alaksa Purchase is one of the reasons the Greenland proposal failed back then.
America’s ambitions in the Arctic continued. In 1919, Denmark, Germany, and the United States discussed territorial disputes, and had the deal passed, the United States would have acquired Greenland. During the next World War, Denmark permitted the United States to establish military bases on Greenland to prevent the Nazis from capturing it. The United States offered to buy the land after the war ended but it fell through.
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Putin explained that the United States will continue to “systematically pursue its geostrategic, military, economic, and political interests in the Arctic.” He said that this is a matter between two specific countries and “has nothing to do with us [Russia.” However, Russia is extremely concerned that “NATO views the Arctic as a potential staging ground for conflict,” noting that NATO is actively training troops to fight in Arctic conditions. They are taking troops from Sweden and Finland, “countries with which, I should note, we had no issues until very recently.”
“They are creating these problems with their own hands. Why? That’s entirely unclear,” Putin said in his address, noting that Russia would “respond accordingly.”
“I want to emphasize Russia has never threatened anyone in the Arctic, but we are closely monitoring the situation and building the appropriate response, enhancing the combat readiness of our armed forces and modernizing our military infrastructure. We will not allow any infringement on our sovereignty.
We will reliably defend our national interests,” the president stated, continued by saying Russia will promote peace in the region and support Greenland’s economic development. Putin said he would be interested in investing in the Arctic and collaborating on projects with “friendly nations, and possibly even Western countries if they show interest in cooperating.”
History always repeats, but few bother looking through the scrolls of time to understand why the world is unfolding at its current pace. The United States has always desired control over Greenland, and this issue of acquiring the island reemerges every few decades. The concern here is that the world is not at peace.
The neocons, historically, have wanted to confiscate Russia for itself and began arranging the current proxy war in Ukraine long ago to use as a stepping stone to enter Russia. They are not well-versed in history, as plans to conquer Russia have failed countless times.
“...The neocons, historically, have wanted to confiscate Russia for itself...”
He is talking about the unelected Bohemian Eurotrash bureaucrats, primarily from the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Portugal. These are the worst bourgeois on the planet. And throw in the democrat oligarchs and RINO scum in the USA.
If only there were a way to liquid them all. /spit
unelected Bohemian Eurotrash bureaucrats, primarily from the UK, France, Germany
Nobody needed to "confiscate" anything from Russia when Putin was willing to sell all resources available since it funded his economy and the Russsian military
Germany was perfectly willing to purchase Russian gas and German and Austrian companies sold Russia machinery to manufacture its military equipment
Former German Chancellor Merkel and her supporters argued strengthening trade relations with Russia could help tie Russia to a multilateral, rules-based international system
In 2021, Russia supplied about 55% of Germany’s natural gas imports, 35% of its oil imports and 50% of its hard coal imports.
More Putin Propaganda from this pro-Russian scammer.
German companies allegedly circumvent Russia sanctions via Turkey: report
More than 300 German-made machines that can be used to manufacture vehicle parts or ammunition were delivered to Russia in 2023, often via Turkey, SWR reported on Thursday.
Since imports of goods that can be used for military purposes are prohibited due to the sanctions, Russia is trying to produce as much as possible domestically. According to the SWR research, the products of German mechanical engineering companies play an important role in helping Russia produce its own war machinery.
Russian customs documents, available to SWR, showed that there were more than 300 delivery of goods from German manufacturers to Russia by December 2023. Most of those goods were large industrial machines or computer numerical control (CNC) machines, which are used for cutting steel, bending sheet metal or welding metal parts fully automatically. These machines play an important role in the manufacturing of vehicle or aircraft parts or ammunition.
https://www.turkishminute.com/2024/10/11/german-companies-alleged-circumvent-russia-sanctions-via-turkey-report/
“He stole $700 million from investors. Was caught and spent 11 years in prison for it.”
Technically, he didn’t steal the $700,000,000.
He lost it in bad trades due to his legendary Socrates system.
He was supposed to invest in safe securities but went on leveraged currency trades and drained his clients’ accounts.
He did steal $20 to $40 million in that failed ponzi scheme.
Good job of triggering the Zeepers. It’s always fun to watch.
The emphasis now, makes me think there may be some things that we don't know about going on there.
As Rumsfeld famously said:
"We know what we know
We know what we don't know
We don't know what we know and
We don't know what we don't know".
“He stole $700 million from investors.”
Reading his indictment, I am amazed at how long he kept his ponzi scheme going.
All the fake account statements, money transfers and reorganization!
He needed the eleven years in prison just to catch up on his sleep!
“As Rumsfeld famously said:”
Your quote makes no sense.
You might want to do your homework.
On this thread I don't see anybody defending the POS Zelensky and his POS globalist masters.
I do see people criticizing the apparently corrupt author and the corrupt Putin.
“On this thread I don’t see anybody defending the POS Zelensky and his POS globalist masters.
I do see people criticizing the apparently corrupt author and the corrupt Putin.”
Armstrong goes onto the anti-Z threads to post his pro-Putin propaganda thus grabbing of few suckers.
More Putin Propaganda from this pro-Russian scammer.
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Armstrong is world known for his studies in history, especially ancient history. That is something humanity forgets and never learns from. As the western media Pooh poohs acquiring Greenland, Armstrong points out this is nothing new ( except for the ignorant).
Get back on topic, you will learn some history.
Good job of triggering the Zeepers. It’s always fun to watch.
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They are jealous of his success. Many anti Armstrong types are Bitcoiners. His forecasts for Bitcoin is dismal, thus the criticism.
Take a look at Bitcointalk.org , they foam at the mouth when Armstrong is mentioned, like the TxGators and crowd.
“and President Andrew Johnson along with Congress refused”
The Congress was not aligned with Johnson. Just the opposite.
“His forecasts for Bitcoin is dismal, thus the criticism.”
Armstrong said to get out of Bitcoin in 2018.
Since then it is up 2000%.
Translation: We’d be just fine with getting Greenland into American, as opposed to the warmongering, chickenhawk, Euroweenies’ hands.
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