BREAKING: US forces have landed at Kangerlussuaq and taken control of port and government facilities in Nuuk. Danish Arctic Command has not resisted. Cabinet orders were to document, not to engage.
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@lucas_sp · 19 Jan 2026 · 20:30
In Latin America we have a very specific feeling this evening and there is no polite English word for it.
It is not joy. Nobody wants this. It is the feeling of watching someone finally do to a rich friend what they have done to you for a century, and hearing them use the same word for it that you were told was a conspiracy theory when it happened to you.
What was happening
19 January 2026 · in the recordThe walkoutTwenty minutes into an Article 4 session the shouting starts. When France and Britain call a vote on mutual defence solidarity, the American delegation collects its binders and lea…
19 January 2026 · in the recordMarines land in GreenlandOspreys touch down at Kangerlussuaq at 17:30 UTC and an amphibious insertion takes the port at Nuuk. Danish Arctic Command offers no lethal resistance under cabinet orders to docum…