Re: The ultimate solution

On Jan 5, 2:21 pm, "Edward M. Kennedy" <e...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"CheeseHusker dos" <jonrus...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote





<A voyage around the Cape added a *lot* of time and risk - especially
<back then. Incredibly strategic to control/ensure peace around the
<canal zone.

Show me the money.

<
<IIRC, a trip around the cape adds 10 days or so to modern shipping. A
<decent sized freighter will run you about $25,000 per day (off the top
<of my head - I think capesized are actually slightly cheaper b/c of
<the time delay aspects, than say a panamax) - so, you're looking at a
<quarter million per ship one way.
<
<You can figure the math from there.
<
<Feel free to submit alternative figures.

How many quarter millions would it take to equal the 500 billion
war on Iraq? That's not including foreign aid to Israel and Egypt,
or any of the other middle east boondoggles dating back to 1946.

<
<Ask the Euros if their oil supplies get disrupted.

Let the Euros fund their own damn solutions to their own
damn problems.

<Plus, your timeline is too short.

I'm talking about US foreign policy.

http://zfacts.com/p/447.html

<Pretty sure the reason the Suez was built wasn't because people like
<to play with sand.

No shit. For starters, arguing our middle east policy is solely
about the Suez is complete and utter bullcrap.

<
<Hunh?  Who's arguing that?  Perhaps I misread you - I didn't realize
<you were strictly looking for Western involvement in the Middle East
<basis today and today only.  I thought you were looking for longer
<term - as in why the French and English dicked around there as well.

The US has for all practicle purposes tried to impose a
kindler and gentler form of imperialism, as if we had
some god-given right to the oil.

Welcome to the history of mankind.
.

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