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April 24, 2012

Will the Pentagon Take Resource Wars Seriously?

Dan McGroarty, RealClearWorld

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What’s U.S. Government policy on strategic resources? Not oil - where we’re fighting out on the front pages who’s to blame for higher gas prices - but the dozens of other arcane metals and minerals from Antimony to Zirconium that go into all the gadgets we use to update our Facebook pages, power our post-petroleum energy alternatives, and - via our Government - launch drone strikes?

 

That depends on what part of the U.S. Government is doing the speaking.

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TAGGED: United States, China, Rare Earths

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