Reach for the stars, and reach the Moon, maybe a good strategy in other facets, but in politics it’s a bit dicey as a strategy.
Yeah, but it worked.
When you think about it, did we really WANT Greenland? Or just the protection we could get from OUR bases being there - and laws against Chinese and Russian etc. bases on Greenland?
Three dimensional chess or just old fashioned luck - it makes our country and the western hemisphere safer... that works for me. (that said I see your point...)