Al Jazeera Discovers US Geo-Strategy, Misses the Obvious
Al Jazeera dutifully reported on Trump's supposed ambitions for Greenland, citing its mineral wealth and strategic location for military expansion. It's a classic tale of American exceptionalism – the idea that any land mass with valuable resources simply *must* fall under U.S. sway (recall the myriad interventions across South America and the Middle East, often justified by similar reasoning).
This isn't just a Trump-era whim; the U.S. offered to buy Greenland in 1867 and again in 1946, reflecting a consistent, if unfulfilled, colonial impulse masked as continental defense. One might wonder if the video also detailed how American corporations are salivating over those rare earth minerals, much like they did for oil in Iraq or copper in Chile, with military presence serving as the
ultimate guarantor of corporate access. The pursuit of 'national security' (read: resource security) often paves a very convenient path for private profit. How many more sovereign territories must be eyed for their raw materials before we call it what it is?