Word: vital
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...Administration defended American presence in the gulf as vital to the nation's security. "Were a hostile power ever to dominate this strategic region and its resources," Reagan said at the memorial service at Mayport Naval Station, "it would become a choke point for freedom -- that of our allies and our own." Weinberger stressed that if the U.S. backed down, the Soviets would move in. "We simply cannot allow the Kremlin to have its will over this region," he said last week. "We will not be intimidated. We will not be driven from the gulf." Indeed, Moscow pre-empted...
...marked the emergence of America's world role. Washington resisted Soviet probes into Iran in 1946, and since then has played a dominant role in the region. Under what became known as the Carter Doctrine, for example, the U.S. declared the Persian Gulf to be an area of vital strategic interest and pledged to defend it militarily from any incursions by the Soviet Union or any other nation...
...deployed American military might near trouble spots around the world. He is certain to resist any attempts to scale back the U.S. presence in the gulf. Said the President last week: "As we grieve the loss of our brave sons, let no one doubt our resolve to protect our vital interests in the Persian Gulf or anywhere else...
...onshore, sudden violence was an ever present danger. More than 200 vessels had been attacked in the gulf during the past three years. Earlier on this day, Iraqi jets had delivered missiles into a Cypriot tanker, leaving it dead in the water. The increasing threats to shipping in the vital region were precisely why the Stark was there, signaling U.S. determination to keep the oil lifelines open...
...West's dependence on the region for vital energy is unlikely to diminish since the gulf contains more than half the world's proven oil reserves. The Paris-based International Energy Agency warns that by the year 2000, the major industrialized countries of the West could be importing 60% of their oil, with gulf producers supplying a growing percentage of that...