America wants immigrants from Greenland.

If you can't buy a consul, why is the United States obsessed with Greenland with only 70,000 people?

Greenland, the largest island in the world, has remained in a forgotten corner until recently. This is because, with global warming, this icy island in Wan Li is becoming more and more valuable.

2065438+August 2009, the United States formally asked Danish and Greenland authorities to buy Greenland, but it was rejected. By 65438+February, the United States changed its mind and wanted to set up a consulate in Greenland. Why is the whole desert island with only 70 thousand people so obsessed with the United States?

Let me explain it to you from three aspects.

The first question is, why did the United States buy Greenland?

There are three main reasons why the United States buys Greenland:

1, Greenland's strategic position is extremely important.

In the general world map, Greenland is in a corner of the world, but if we look at it from another angle, we find that Greenland's strategic position is extremely important.

As can be seen from the picture, Greenland is the largest island in the Arctic (of course, it is also the largest island in the world, only a little smaller than Australia, the smallest continent in the world, and larger than the total area of the second, third, fourth and fifty-fourth islands in the world! It is no exaggeration to say that Greenland can be called the Arctic continent or the main body if the geographical rules change.

Not only that, Canada is in the north of the United States, and Greenland is across Europe. If you fly, Greenland is right at the midpoint of the shortest Arctic route from the United States to Europe. Greenland is the best supply point for the Arctic route, and it was also crucial for the US Air Force in World War II.

Shipping can't cross the Arctic, but if you sail around the edge of the Arctic Ocean, no matter which route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, the distance of the Arctic Ocean route is much shorter than the Panama route and the Suez Canal route. With the intensification of the melting of the Arctic ice, the economic value of this route has been discovered more and more, and Greenland will soon become the most important node on this route.

Such a strategic position, the United States must be in its own hands anyway, otherwise it will not sleep well.

2. Greenland is rich in resources and can be developed.

There is a very interesting law on the earth. The more desolate the place, the more resources there are! There is oil in the Sahara desert, there is oil in the ice and snow of Alaska and Siberia, and there is oil in Greenland, a sparsely populated place!

Americans have explored Greenland. The oil resources in the northeast of Greenland are about 3 1 400 million barrels (7 barrels1ton), and the oil resources in the west are as much as11000 million barrels. In addition, Greenland is also rich in rare earths, and rare earth resources are exactly the scarcest in the United States.

Most importantly, the total area of Greenland is 210.6 million square kilometers, which is much larger than that of Alaska, USA. If there is this big island, the United States will become the second territorial power in the world. Not only that, Greenland may find more resources in the future and bring more inestimable economic benefits.

In case of delay, the United States does not want Greenland to become the second Cuba.

Greenland is located in the core of North America, Asia and Europe, and its strategic position is extremely important. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the United States has been strengthening its military presence in this region, but this process is not ideal.

During World War II, Denmark was occupied by Germany, and Greenland became the only land in Denmark. For the United States, in order to stop the German invasion in the Atlantic Ocean, it is necessary to block the whole hole in Greenland. Therefore, during World War II, the United States stationed troops in Greenland for a long time to prevent Germany from covering its flank security.

After World War II, the United States simply set up the famous Thule base in Greenland. With the Thule base, it is more effective for the United States to control Europe and contain the Soviet Union.

But after the restoration of Denmark, it found itself unable to control Greenland more and more. Because the main residents of Greenland are native Greenlanders, accounting for more than 80% of the total population of 78,000, and the rest are Danish immigrants. 1950 when the American base was established, Denmark found that when Greenlanders came into contact with the outside world, their sense of independence began to awaken.

Although there are only 70,000 to 80,000 Greenlanders, they have more than 2 million land. If they gain independence, they will become the 12 territorial power in the world. Although the population size is only a pocket country, it is not as big as Andorra (population 85,000) in WeChat.

According to Greenland's idea, he will go out independently and establish diplomatic relations with other big countries in the world. It is bound to become a vanity fair for all countries in the world, and Greenlanders can benefit from it and maximize their own interests.

This kind of situation, the United States is trying to avoid, not so much trouble in the future, it is better to buy it out at one time!

The second question is, how much is the United States going to spend on this? Why can't I buy it?

The United States bought green space this time, and everyone didn't see the quotation. We can make a simple estimate.

Two thirds of the land in the United States is purchased. One of the biggest land purchase cases is that 2.6 million square kilometers of land was acquired at the price of 6.5438+0.5 million US dollars. When Mexico refused to sell it to the United States, it directly launched a war and seized 6.5438+0.4 million square kilometers of land.

The latest land purchase case is Alaska in 1867. The United States paid $7.2 million and bought 6.5438+0.5 million square kilometers of land.

At the same time as the Alaska purchase case, the United States also wanted to buy Greenland, which was flatly rejected by Greenlanders. Greenland was still part of Norway at that time.

1946, just after World War II, the United States wanted to buy Greenland again, asking for 1 100 million dollars, but it was rejected again!

Referring to the quotation 70 years ago, the price of Greenland purchased by the United States, excluding inflation, may reach $4.309 billion.

What does this mean? Greenland's GDP in 20 16 was only $2.7 billion! If the United States pays all the expenses to Greenlanders, each Greenlander can get an income of 70,000 dollars.

Earn a lot! But Greenlanders don't like the money!

However, $5 billion is still a good deal for the United States!

Because, in order to grab oil, the United States spent $654.38+0.2 billion every month in the Iraq war! Finally, the oil was bought by the eastern powers.

The third question is, what is the use of setting up a consulate? Where is the future of Greenland?

The establishment of a consulate in Greenland means that the United States and Greenland have established quasi-diplomatic relations, and the exchanges between the United States and Greenland no longer need to pass through Denmark. This is of great benefit to the United States and Greenland!

Consular rights, to put it bluntly, are quasi-diplomatic rights. Greenland has taken another step towards independence!

If the United States gives enough benefits in the later period, Greenland is likely to join the United States through a referendum and become a special country with consular rights in the United States. By then, the relationship between Denmark and the United States will probably change.

If the United States does not give benefits later, Greenland may try to throw an olive branch to other countries, forcing the United States to increase its chips.

For the United States, spending money directly to buy it is definitely much cheaper than sending troops to rob it!

Greenland, with only 70,000 to 80,000 people, originally thought that it lived in a backcountry and was ignored. Unexpectedly, they met the whole local tyrant demolition team in America. This is going to be rich!