ΕΑΝ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΤΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΤΕΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΘΟΝΗΣ
By Helleniscope’s Editorial Team
When Yanis Varoufakis recently recalled Denmark’s stance during the Cyprus crisis of 1974, he was not reopening old wounds for their own sake. He was pointing to a structural hypocrisy at the heart of Western alliances—one that has come full circle. Here is what he noted on “X”:
“NATO is committed to defending member states from belligerent non-member states – but not from each other, not from other member states, like Turkey or, now, the… United States! So, Denmark, welcome to the club – and remember your governments also argued that it is not Nato’s job to defend any member-state from another Nato member-state,” wrote former Greek Finance Minister and economist Yanis Varoufakis on X.
In 1974, when Turkey invaded Cyprus, Greece appealed to its NATO partners. Denmark, alongside others, refused to support Greece, invoking the familiar logic: NATO could not act against one of its own members. Alliance unity mattered more than justice. Cyprus paid the price.
vector map of the Republic of Cyprus for your projectThis was never a written NATO rule. It was something worse—a political reflex. North Atlantic Treaty Organization protects power balances, not principles. In 1974, that meant silence in the face of invasion, occupation, and permanent division.
Fast-forward to today, and the irony is unmistakable.
Denmark now finds itself confronting coercive pressure over Greenland, a Danish territory openly treated as a strategic asset by Donald Trump’s America—spoken of not as a people or a land, but as something to be acquired, controlled, or forced into submission. The language is transactional. The pressure is explicit. The threat is real.
Suddenly, Denmark stands where Greece once stood: exposed to great-power arrogance, discovering that “rules-based order” bends quickly when power demands it. The same alliance logic that once excused inaction in Cyprus now offers Denmark little more than polite concern.
This is the karma Varoufakis points to—not revenge, but recognition.
In 1974, Denmark chose procedure over solidarity, stability over justice. That choice helped normalize a dangerous precedent: that within NATO, legality is optional and morality negotiable. Today, that precedent has come home.
Cyprus remains divided. Greenland is now spoken of as a prize. And the lesson is unchanged: alliances that refuse to defend justice among their own members eventually defend nothing at all.
History remembered Denmark—even if Denmark preferred to forget.
There you go again Nick , deflecting the fact that like Greece and most of the other Nato and EU counrtries they are financially, and militarily unable to assist anyone , because that is how the Self Porcliamed leaders of the New and Old world order , The Evangelical Protestant Califates of England and the United States ruled over them Economicly , militarily, Politically, Culturely , and Religiously to make them dependent on America and England for their Protection ! They call this system .. a Mafia enterprise , which is running a racleteering and Protection racket ..which allows only subordinate rulers to America and England to run their countres , who pledge allegiance to the Mob , pay tribute to America in the form of contracting oil and energy, military , and all other products from America and England for the last 100 years, and in return are allowed to sell their Oligarks to sell exclusively their product into America , and access the U.S consumre market! However, they are forced to join economic warfare on the enemies of America and Israel , not wars on Israel , Turkey , or any othe country not approved by U.S ! Why do you think they impose 500 percent tariffs on any country in the world who does business with Russia, Iran , Chinal etc etc ! this is a racketeering violation of all laws of Man and God ! Rico act violations….Extortion, Coersion, Blackmail , Obstruction of Interstate and International Trade and Commerce , murder by starvation of economies of the civilian populations of the targeted countries …like venezuela ! Who told Greece ,,,that they could not defend Cyprus, when Turkey invaded Northern Cyprus .. which she was rightfully obligated to do ! Of course, the sons of liberty of America .. who have used the rules based Order to violatre it …
Denmark .. the whole world is impotent to defend itsefl against the most degnerate society in the History of Man … and I take responisbility for this , because I have still not been successful in stopping them ! And that is how Criminal enterizes rule ..by “Fear and Violence” and cowardly Greek and American media who cover up their heinous Crimes ..
https://www.msn.com/en-in/politics/government/leaked-trump-s-mind-blowing-greenland-deal-us-to-mimic-uk-style-control-of-cyprus/vi-AA1UIDk5?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Denmark should be ashamed to call Greenland its territory. It is nothing of the sort. Greenland is not an extension of Copenhagen but a distinct land with its own people, language, history, and moral right to self-determination—rights that long predate Danish administration. To frame Greenland as “Danish” is to dress colonial possession in bureaucratic civility, ignoring centuries of devastation by diseases, economic dependency, and pressure that dismantled traditional ways of life. Post World War II, Denmark imposed aggressive “modernization” programs—centralizing populations, breaking up hunting communities, and enforcing Danish language and norms. These policies led to social collapse, alcoholism, suicide, family separation, and generational trauma. The latest brouhaha has revealed the sordidness or euro fascism…