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By using the Mekong River to move oil instead of the Malacca Strait. Why?
As noted here
Piracy is not the only perceived vulnerability though. Beijing has also concerns that in a potential conflict with US fuel shipments through the waterway could be choked off, hence the importance of the Mekong.
More here.
Update: I should note that instead of viewing the Mekong route as an alternate to the Malacca Strait, it may be more appropriate to view it as an alternative to the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait as I mention in an update to the final link set out above.
"41st edition of the News! Curse that Crusader, Major John!"
Breaking News... From CNN
ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- An explosion shook the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece, on Friday, an embassy spokeswoman told CNN. No injuries were reported.The spokeswoman did not give immediate details on the cause, size or scope of the blast, but local media reported it occurred around 5:55 a.m. (10:55 p.m. ET).
and at FOX
...Corporal Jason Dunham, USMC, became the first Marine to earn the Medal of Honor in Iraq.
Chuck Simmins has followed the story from the beginning, you can read it all here.
Greg Gutfeld's got another contest running. You may want to look at that one.
...at The Huffington Post:
How many U.S. troops will be killed in Iraq in the next year?What a sad little freak show they've got over there. But it does reaffirm the thought that anyone with a shred of conscience, dignity, or intelligence departed "the Left" a few years back, leaving only this sort behind.Submit your best estimate here...
I'll keep track--our memories are long--and we'll notify the "winner" one year from today.
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Our collective prognostications might just serve as a public declaration that the Commander-in-Chief cannot make Iraq into a crapshoot with our kids.So submit your estimate here. Put a number to it. On January 10, 2008, how many additional men and women in the U.S. services, do you think, will be dead for this cause?
I don't know about you, but an hour and a half of listening to the same Happy Flowers song sounds like a good deal to me.
Oh, wait. I like the Happy Flowers. That pretty much was my college radio show, back in the day. Wonder what Chief Wiggles would think of that?
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