[lisasays]

The owners are and should be irrelevant.

In geopolitics (especially as applied to critical resources) -- and that's what this comes down to, really; not simply greed -- this never the case, of course.

It's always relevant who the owners of are - and what kinds of influence led them to being able to put down stakes where they have.

You might say it's the name of the game, in fact.

[zekrioca]

So is it always relevant to be xenophobic?

[lisasays]

It's not xenophobia. It's simply a matter of being aware of how things work.

[tough]

It's always relevant to know who's trying to fuck with you

[HybridCurve]

Aside from purely capitalistic motivations, there is such a thing as environmental warfare. Unless you want to naively assume that any foreign nation might always have the best interests of another in mind when exploiting their resources.