I'm glad some folks get that. I've been watching them do that with other resources all around the world, prolly with our money. Every continent, I think. Tried to buy Unocal a few years ago.
And, while we weren't looking at the Chinese, the Russians were quietly getting a strangle hold on Europe's Nat Gas supplies.
We be playing the wrong game. Wars for oil don't cut it anymore. That's sooooo 19th Century.
November 5, 2007
Europe's Strategic Dependence on Russian Energy
by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #2083
Russia is consolidating its grip on oil and gas—the economic lifeblood of Europe. Moscow is pursuing a comprehensive strategy that could increase Europe's political and economic dependence on Russian energy. Such dependence could negatively affect transatlantic relations, common values, goals, strategic objectives, and security policies. Without a policy dialogue and coordination between Washington and European capitals, Europe's strategic drift away from the United States will continue unabated.
heritage.org
Gazprom supplies much of Europe with natural gas, and will in future supply more and more natural gas to Europe. It also supplies the states that were part of the Soviet Union with natural gas, and in particular the Ukraine. There are thousands of miles of natural gas pipeline that start at the Russian gas fields and deliver gas through and to the Ukraine into Europe
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