Valley resident with Danish ties urges diplomacy amid renewed Greenland debate

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As U.S. interest in Greenland stirs fresh friction with Denmark, Danish-American Colette Pedersen urges restraint, saying talk of buying the island ignores real people and a long path toward self-governance. Researcher Mikkel Runge Olesen says a 1951 defense pact, updated in 2004, already lets the U.S. request more bases in Greenland, requests he believes would likely be approved. While Pedersen decries bullying rhetoric, Olesen says Danes feel disappointed by suggestions the U.S. might bypass allies. Both stress diplomacy can meet U.S. security needs without undermining the alliance.