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| Southeast Asia |
| Malaysia rejects US sea patrols & spoils the fun |
| 2004-04-04 |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #1 Malaysia can squawk all they want but if one American vessel is boarded or commandeered in the region they can go piss up a rope. Malaysia's straits of Malacca carries some of the heaviest ocean-going traffic on our entire planet. The area already has a severe pirate problem that manifests in armed takeovers of large cargo ships. A few strategic scuttlings could jam the straits and do immense damage to international shipping throughout the region. Imagining that Malaysia has the military capacity to properly address this issue is akin to going after moose with a .22 pistol. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-05 11:25:29 PM |