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it amazes me the screaming on this thread...like we didn't OWN the Strait of Hormuz before Dubai...sheesh....

This is like saying we can't defend NYC because Connecticut won't do business with us. Doing business there such as supplies is one thing. Docking our fleet there and having a shipyard is a major mistake that some can't grasp the seriousness of. But this ports usage is largely a result of the downsizing that started under Poppy Bush. Up till then we used the PI's or Down Under for most WEST PAC needs including yard work.

671 posted on 03/09/2006 5:03:01 PM PST by cva66snipe (If it was wrong for Clinton why do some support it for Bush? Party over nation destroys the nation.)

...started under Poppy Bush. Up till then we used the PI's or Down Under for most WEST PAC needs including yard work.

And you see no major changes in geo-politics since then? OK.