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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: koan who wrote (77573)6/14/2018 5:11:50 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 364934
 
It was pretty clear to anyone paying attention that oil was declining in importance to the global economy. Access to markets is always the key and with the development of the various Asian countries including China, we needed control of the seas. Allowing China to take control by default means we have to depend on the goodwill of China to assure access.