Ah me favorite cold war movie staring Peters Sellers. Ice Station Zebra starring Rock Husdon was another interesting cold war film. British Petroleum brought auctioned blocks off of Alaska back in the late 60's, early 70's. Environmentalists challenge BP and other oil companies drilling in Alaska and off the Alaskan continnental shelf. The Ruskies on the other hand will not be deterred by Green Peace , Save The Seals , Save The Caribou , Save The Salmon , Save The chitty chitty bang bang microrganism environmentalists. The beauty of the Russian and Chinese Communist governments is they can bulldoze past all the red tape jail people and do whatever they want for the utmost benefit of the state. Capitalist corporations are hobbled by the Communist state banks of competing Communist enterprise oil companies. American corporations are hobbled by the bureaucratic red tape of political jousting activists. The 200 mile limit is an interesting phenomenon. Recently a Canadian oil company was able to withdraw oil not too far off from Cuba. This clash of the multinational titans and the billionaires is a world class chess match of upmanship. The race for raw resources is much like the colonial steeplechase of the 19 th and 20th century goal to conquer all of Africa. " So much to do . So little time to do it in. " Cecil B Rhodes , British Empire. Hopefully everyone can share and unreasonable conflict can be spared.
Bush already restarted the cold war. We had a chance to bring Russia into the fold in the early 90's. But now we surround them and cast off their offer of a missle base exposing Bush/Chaney's true intention. Someone should tell Bush we are a dying superpower.
