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It’s good to see, on this eve of GOP debacle, that important corners of the Republican Party remain frothing, bloodshot-eyeball insane. This is a real policy paper from the Heritage Foundation.
October 30, 2008
The New Cold War: Reviving the U.S. Presence in the Arctic
by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Lajos F. Szaszdi, Ph.D., and Jim Dolbow
Backgrounder #2202The Arctic is quickly reemerging as a strategic area where vital U.S. interests are at stake. The geopolitical and geo-economic importance of the Arctic region is rising rapidly, and its mineral wealth will likely transform the region into a booming economic frontier in the 21st century. The coasts and continental shelf of the Arctic Ocean are estimated to hold large deposits of oil, natural gas, and methane hydrate (natural gas) clusters along with large quantities of valuable minerals.
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This is a feature, not a bug.
The ‘Phants have been trying to recreate some sort of cold war for the past decade, because they need it to win.