Get Greenland Before China Does In the long race with Beijing, controlling natural resources is vital.

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Posted on 12/24/2024 4:03:17 AM PST by dennisw

But even more than that, Trump’s desire to take Greenland peacefully for the United States makes strategic sense. Not only is it rich in natural resources, but its position along the Arctic Circle—and its relatively weak posture—make it a tempting target for American rivals, notably China, seeking to gain access to those abundant natural resources of the Arctic.

Of course, China is not an Arctic power. Unlike the United States, Canada, and Russia, China has no natural boundary touching the Arctic. Yet, the Chinese insist they are or should be an Arctic power. And, as I reported at my website more than a year ago, China has made overtures to gain access to Greenland in order to buttress its claims on the abundant resources of the Arctic.

Greenland is the Alaska of Our Time Acquiring Greenland from Denmark would be akin to our purchase of Alaska from the Russians in 1867. It might not yield any profits at first. But in time, it would be an unquestioned boon to U.S. national security and economic prosperity.

Many Americans questioned the wisdom of purchasing Alaska at the time, too. The men who shepherded the deal—in particular, Secretary of State William Seward—understood the long-term potential of possessing the Alaskan frontier. The press called the $7.2 million purchase “Seward’s Folly,” but nobody today would question the wisdom of the investment.

Chinese strategists want to lay claim to the bountiful natural resources and vital navigable waterways that comprise the Arctic Circle. The United States can’t allow that to happen.

The addition of Alaska increased the size of the United States by a whopping 20 percent. Within a few decades, Americans were mining gold and other precious metals from the Alaskan Klondike. By the 1940s, petroleum became a major component of Alaska’s economy—so much so that, today, petroleum exports are Alaska’s greatest contribution to our country. None of this would have happened if the naysayers had their way.

At the time, the strategic and economic implications of the decision to purchase the vast and distant, and totally disconnected region of Alaska were not fully understood. Less than a century later, the investment had already paid ample dividends. Plus, as the Cold War heated up, the presence of American territory so close to the Russian Far East proved to be a priceless strategic asset.

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