• silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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    2 days ago

    Because the US has a history of buying islands form Denmark — that’s where the US Virgin Islands come from.

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      23 hours ago

      Plus that’s an example that escalated …

      Ultimately, the U.S. would successfully pressure Denmark to sell the islands by threatening a military attack on the neutral nation during World War I.