Zooks! Whiskey War turns into Whiskey Peace

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_War [Whiskey War] has, after decades of perhaps drunken exchanges, come to an end.

From Reuters:

"Denmark and Canada will divide small, uninhabited Hans Island in the Arctic, eding an almost 50-year ownership spat, in a largely symbolic act of diplomacy designed to avoid tensions in the high North.

The NATO allies have been engaged in a mostly good-natured squabble over the island, situated at equal distance between Greenland and Canada's Ellesmere Island, since 1971 when their rival claims came to light."

and from Wikipedia:

"In 1984, Canada provoked Denmark by planting its flag on the island and leaving a bottle of Canadian whisky.[4] The Danish Minister of Greenland Affairs came to the island himself the same year with the Danish flag, a bottle of akvavit, and a letter stating "Welcome to the Danish Island" (Velkommen til den danske ø).[5][6] The two countries proceeded to take turns planting their flags on the island and exchanging alcoholic beverages. There have also been Google ads used to "promote their claims".[7] Both countries agreed on a process in 2005 to resolve the issue,[8] which was finally settled in 2022."

[Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat]

I like how it took 17 years for them to execute a plan that was basically just "Hey lets just go halvsies and call it a day"  ;D