There comes a moment in the life of every nation when it must decide not just what it wants, but who it is. Power is easy to obtain. Identity is harder to preserve. The United States now faces such a moment. The debate over Greenland is not really about ice, minerals or Arctic sea lanes. It is a test of whether America still recognizes the limits that distinguish leadership from domination, ambition from entitlement, security from conquest. (12:33–12:41)
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Asserts that the Greenland debate is not primarily about its natural resources or strategic location.
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