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minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 days agoBecause the US has a history of buying islands form Denmark — that’s where the US Virgin Islands come from.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoPlus 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.
Because the US has a history of buying islands form Denmark — that’s where the US Virgin Islands come from.
Plus that’s an example that escalated …