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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (46924)11/8/2010 2:43:15 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
Yes resources are always finite, and choices need to be made.

Which has just about nothing to do with my statement that you quoted. We choose to insure the security of the sea lanes, and to retain the ability to project power from the sea. Since ships are highly mobile, that isn't about one or two regions. It also isn't about specific commodities. We had that ability when we where still an oil exporter, and we would still have had it, and paid a lot for it, if oil didn't exist and the ships in question where nuclear or used coal or whatever. The UK had the same position back when ships where using sails. The US navy does the job now.
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