Used as shipping chokepoints that matter to Saudi Arabia because oil exports depend on them.
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Strait of Hormuz and Suez Canal
Used as shipping chokepoints that matter to Saudi Arabia because oil exports depend on them.
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"...area and this area, the Strait of Hormuz and the Suez Canal. And 40 % of all the world's oil passes through these two..."
"...blocks off East Asia. You also want to control the Panama Canal. You also want to control Greenland. You also want to control the..."
"...controls the world's choke points, including the Strait of Malacca, Panama Canal, Gibraltar, these are the major choke points. Even though the Iranians control..."
"...now negotiating a treaty there um there is um the panama canal and america is exerting more control over that so we can expect..."
"...as well. So America is exerting more control over the Panama Canal, okay?"
"...control certain trades. Or certain choke points, okay? So the Panama Canal is one choke point. And that's why about a third of America's..."
"points, the Panama Canal, the Middle East, and the Strait of Malacca, oh, and also, sorry, Greenland as well, then America can control naval..."
"Panama Canal and its surrounding countries at the Department of War we call this strategic map the greater North America why because every sovereign..."
"...historian that you talk to tells you the Battle of the Canal must be historical fact. It must be, even though we don't have..."
"...this, we use this framework to understand the Battle of the Canal, our conclusion must be, it didn't happen. It was completely made up...."
"...And over time, they become more and more prosperous. They build canals. They learn farming. They develop their own mythology. Okay? And then what..."
"...place controlling all activities elsewhere. And that allows you to build canals. That allows you to build temples. That allows you to undertake massive..."
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