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Originally Posted by MarchHare
I don't want to give the impression that I agree with Patrick's post above (I don't), but to play devil's advocate, do you really think we'd allow ourselves to get into a shooting war with Russia over Arctic resources?
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Who knows what the political situation might be down the road? I can't really see it happening today. Obviously its impossible for a country our size to properly protect the northern border. But its important to have some semblance of a military to deter border countries from making land grabs as resource locations become known.