Well, one body of water and that body of water is the same now as it was in 1917 and 1941.
It depends which direction you travel in.....with various Bays, Gulfs, Seas and Oceans along the way....perhaps with a Canal or two as well.
You Euro-Centric folks might take a couple of minutes and consider what this article has to say about the Role of Energy production and the changes in technology and output cause in strategic relationships.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/...ependence.html
I would very much like to see a Strategic Alliance between all of the America's...North, South, Central , Canada, and Mexico.....for Energy Matters and leave the rest of the World to sort out its own solutions.
That would end any role the Middle East would play in our National Interests and throw it al into Europe's lap.
Europe and the UK could deal with Russia and the rest of the world like Japan and China could deal with the Arabs.