New policy emphasizes U.S. interests in Northwest Passage

[CHIMO]

Source: THE CANADIAN PRESS

A new United States policy on the Arctic is a powerful challenge for Canadians to establish their control over the area before the Americans do it for them, says a leading academic.

"This is a very clear message to the world that the Americans are saying to the world, `We're back,' when it comes to Arctic security," said Rob Huebert of the University of Calgary.

American President George W. Bush signed the new Arctic policy – the first such document in the U.S. since 1994 – on Friday and released it late Monday afternoon.

The 10-page paper, which comes only weeks after the European Union released a similar report, is forthright about U.S. intentions to protect its security and remain a major player in the Arctic without regard to Canadian or other international sensitivities.



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[TechBear_Seattle]

1. The only thing that surprises me about this...

Is the absense of the phrase, "manifest destiny."

[GoddessOfGuinness]

2. I wish the Northwest Passage would permanently refreeze.

[Alamuti Lotus]

3. "Canada--know your place, bitch!" "Norway & Russia--fuck you!"

Not the precise language, but you get the general idea..

[rpannier]

4. The whole rush to the Arctic is being played like that on all sides

I agree with poster number 2. I wish it would refreeze along with Greenland and the ice cap itself.

Thus ending most of this stupdity.

Esp Russia's claim of a newly discovered undersea link between Russia and the Arctic proving that the Arctic is an extension of Russia -- Vladi Putin 2005