Why doesn't somebody annex Greenland from Denmark? What if another NATO country like ...?

In 1946, the United States tried to purchase Greenland from Denmark for $100 million, but they declined the offer. There was precedent for this, since the U.S. had purchased the Virgin Islands f…

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