Rubio push on Greenland delivers a huge diplomatic win for US…

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA diplomatic tour from Panama to Iceland is drawing praise in an opinion piece on Fox News, which calls Marco Rubio's push on Greenland a huge win for the United States against China.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe piece says the aim is to secure critical sea lanes and box out what it describes as China's threat to American interests.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSea lanes. Do you know what lives in a sea lane, Hank? Ships, and then the thing that happens to ships.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI've been saying so about those sea lanes since someone first decided to put water between places.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe thing that happens to ships is mostly cargo.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBoxing out, they say. Somewhere there's a very large box, and I'd like to know who's measuring it, because nobody ever measures the box.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTo be clear, this is an opinion piece. It calls the trip a win, and the data we have doesn't say whether anyone signed anything.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo it's a win in the sense that a man says it's a win.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPanama to Iceland is a long itinerary. That's a lot of airline peanuts for one diplomatic sweep.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFine, I'll say it once: a win is a win. I just hope the box isn't cardboard.