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Assuming this is true: CONGRATULATIONS GARY!!! :-)

Gov. Locke is a good guy — very much a mainstream, “Sensible Center” kind of guy. His time as Governor of Washington State was fairly uneventful. He certainly didn’t run the state into the ground. And even though yes, he’s a Democrat, and was mostly elected by the Left Side of the state, he’s not a wild-eyed budget-busting ultra-liberal. The Commerce Department would do well to have him. He’s an effective consensus-builder and good at getting things done that need doing.

Hmmmmm.... Okay... I can see where the Russians would announce that they would respond to any militarization of the Arctic, seeing as how much of Russia borders on the Arctic.

The question I have is: What militarization of the Arctic is he talking about? Militarization by WHOM?

I guess I should probably have gone and read the original article, because it’s not clear to me what “militarization” the Russian fellow is referring to.

The U.S. and the Soviets / Russians have long sent nuclear subs into the arctic on various missions - that’s been going on for well over 40 years now, so it’s not exactly “news”.

Considering that there still is no way to actively defend against a sub-launched or land-launched ballistic missile (ICBM) and that the sub-launched missiles can easily reach Russia without the sub even necessarily leaving the dock, I’m not sure I see why supposedly “militarizing” the Arctic would even offer any advantages.