Bob McCarty Writes

Here’s a disturbing piece of news from Bloomberg.com. I describe it as “disturbing,” because it’s about a project that involves giving Russia — currently under the increasingly-dictatorial leadership of former KGB chief-turned President Vladimir Putin — improved access to the United States. Seriously, does this country really need a third point of access — effectively another border — to defend?

Here’s the “meat” of the article, Russia Plans World’s Longest Tunnel, a Link to Alaska (Update3), published today:

Russia plans to build the world’s longest tunnel, a transport and pipeline link under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion project to supply the U.S. with oil, natural gas and electricity from Siberia.

The project, which Russia is coordinating with the U.S. and Canada, would take 10 to 15 years to complete, Viktor Razbegin, deputy head of industrial research at the Russian Economy Ministry, told reporters in Moscow today. State organizations and private companies in partnership would build and control the route, known as TKM-World Link, he said.

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