IGreenland, esona siqithi sikhulu sehlabathi esingekho kwilizwekazi kunye nendawo yesithathu ngobukhulu kuMntla Merika emva kweCanada kunye ne-United States, yayilawulwa yiDenmark ukusuka ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ye-19 ukuya koo-1950s. Yayihlala okwethutyana yimikhosi yase-US ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi emva kokuba iJamani yamaNazi yathatha ulawulo lweDenmark. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, esi siqithi sizuze ukuzimela okwandisiweyo, safumana ulawulo lwasekhaya ngo-1979 kunye negunya lokufuna ukuzimela emva kovavanyo ngo-2009.
Okwangoku, iGreenland ikwalikhaya kwisiseko somkhosi wase-US kunye nenkqubo yokulumkisa kwangoko kwizisongelo ze-missile.
Ngo-2019, uDonald Trump waqala wacebisa umbono wokuthenga iGreenland kwaye ukusukela oko wayihlaziya le mbono xa ebuyela e-ofisini. Ulawulo lwakhe luphawula esi siqithi njenge-asethi yeqhinga, iqaqambisa ukubaluleka kwejografi kunye nemithombo yendalo engekasetyenziswa.
Amabhongo kaTrump, kunye notyelelo lwakutsha nje oluvela kwigqiza elidumileyo laseMelika elibandakanya uSekela Mongameli uJD Vance kunye noMcebisi wezoKhuseleko lweSizwe uMike Waltz, kubangele inkcaso emandla evela kumagosa aseGreenland naseDenmark, ayikhabileyo nayiphi na ingcamango yokuthengisa.
Umphathiswa wezoKhuselo waseDanish uTroels Lund Poulsen uzigxekile izimvo zikaTrump zamva nje njengezicaphukisayo kwaye azihloniphi, esithi irhetoric iye yanda inzondo kwaye yenza "isisongelo esifihlakeleyo" kwiDenmark kunye nommandla wayo ozimeleyo.
Inkulumbuso esanda kunyulwa eGreenland uJens-Frederik Nielsen ucele abahlali besi siqithi ukuba badibane kwaye bathi “asingobakhe nabani na omnye umntu” kwaye soze sibe phantsi kolawulo lwaseWashington.
Ngoku, ulawulo lukaTrump kuthiwa luphuhlisa inyathelo lobudlelwane boluntu kunye nenkuthazo yezemali ejolise ekukhuthazeni abantu baseGreenland ukuba bacinge ngokujoyina i-United States.
UTrump ebesoloko esithi kubalulekile ukuba iWashington ikwazi ukulawula indawo ezilawulayo yaseDenmark ukuqinisa “ukhuseleko lwesizwe” lwaseMelika. Kutshanje uvakalise ukuzithemba ukuba uya “kusifumana” isiqithi saseArctic nge-100%.
Esi sicwangciso sitsha siya kuxelwa ukuba sigxininise ukucenga kunokunyanzeliswa, kubandakanya iinzame zentengiso kunye nemidiya yoluntu ukuguqula izimvo zabemi baseGreenland abamalunga nama-57,000. Eli nyathelo libandakanya intsebenziswano yamasebe ohlukeneyo ekhabhinethi ukulandela umnqweno kaTrump ekudala enawo wokufumana indawo yaseDanish, enokuthelekiswa ngobukhulu neMexico.
Ulawulo lukaTrump luphonononga inkuthazo yezemali kubantu baseGreenland, enokuthi ibandakanye ukubuyisela i-600 yezigidi zeerandi kwiinkxaso ezibonelelwa yiDenmark ngoku iintlawulo zonyaka ezimalunga ne-10,000 yeedola kumntu ngamnye, ngokutsho kwemithombo.
Amanye amagosa kulawulo lukaTrump acebise ukuba ezi ndleko zinokulungelelaniswa yingeniso enokubakho evela kwimithombo yendalo yaseGreenland, efana nezinto ezinqabileyo zomhlaba, ubhedu, igolide, iuranium, kunye neoyile.
Ukomeleza eli nyathelo, i-White House igxininisa ilifa ekwabelwana ngalo eGreenlanders kunye nabo baseAlaska kunye ne-Arctic Canada, kunye nolunye unxibelelwano lwembali, kuquka ubukho bemikhosi yase-US kwisiqithi ngexesha leMfazwe Yehlabathi II.
