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Re:Trump Administration Approves a Plan to Drill for Oil in ... by vezycash on Sunday October 28, 2018 @02:47PM (#18322166)
I thought international law prohibits any country from asserting ownership over the arctic?
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Re:Trump Administration Approves a Plan to Drill for Oil in ... by maxerickson on Sunday October 28, 2018 @02:51PM (#18322203)
That's the Antarctic. The land parts of the Arctic are all divvied up.
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Re:Trump Administration Approves a Plan to Drill for Oil in ... by thefounder on Sunday October 28, 2018 @02:50PM (#18322190)
The big boys are always above the law. Illegal wars, illegal anexations, "illegal" murders, price fixing(opec)...you name it. For a law to have any value it has be enforceable. Who will punish US? The EU states can barely agree to take action against Russia.
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