Desire for Greenland is a prelude to World War Three

Desire for Greenland is a prelude to World War Three

By Ronald Benjamin
40 minutes ago




Letter to Editor


THE Association for Welfare, Community and Dialogue (ACID) is concerned about US President Donald Trump’s desire to take over Greenland for “world peace”, as he doubled down on his ambitions to annex the strategically-placed, resource-rich Danish territory.


Greenland is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland. The territory comprises the island of Greenland the largest island in the world and more than a hundred other smaller islands.


Although part of the North American continent, geopolitically the island is part of Europe. Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark but has wide-ranging autonomy, which was extended in 2009.

The US President seems to use peace and international security as a reason to take over Greenland, but the real reasons are nothing more than to plunder its natural resources to feed its industry needs, besides containing China and Russia which it perceives as a strategic threat around the continent.

After all, the President is only interested in making America great again and his so-called international peace and security is nothing more but a camouflage.

Currently in the context of the Ukraine-Russia War and the demand that Europe takes care of its own security, with larger defence spending, the United States is basically planting the ingredients for World War Three by the desire to annex Greenland, which reinforces the insecurity of European nations.

History has shown that insecurity is the very reason that nations go to war to preserve their interest.

Furthermore, ignoring the aspirations of the indigenous people of Greenland would certainly violate international civilised norms of behaviour.

Therefore the Association for Welfare, Community and Dialogue (ACID) urges the United States to work for genuine peace by enhancing diplomacy and building trust among the international community which would ultimately guarantee its own security.

Annexing an autonomous territory for self-seeking gains is not the way forward but a prelude to world war three. – March 31, 2025



Ronald Benjamin is a human resources practitioner based in Ipoh. He is currently secretary of the Association for Community and Dialogue.