[thechat] Excellent analysis article

[Joe Crawford]

Ben Dyer wrote:
> At 03:19 PM 9/26/2001, you wrote:
> > > One point I found very interesting was that the U.S. has never fought a
> > war
> > > in a land-locked country.
> 
> Laos?
> 
> http://asiatravel.com/laosmap.html
> 
> But, that statement is kind of loaded.  With the exception of a few
> countries in Africa and a few countries that have only appeared in the last
> 10 years, almost every country has a coastline.

This is an interesting topography question - on a map - how many
countries do, versus how many do not/ have coastlines?

Which I think points out how important it is to have a port to be a
nation. If you're landlocked you are /implicitly/ dependent on your
neighbors.

Interesting point.

	- joe <http://artlung.com/>