I don’t dispute that the pipeline would further our interests by weakening the hold Russia has on Europe, but the costs have been and continue to be very high in the region and on the terror front.
Again, as stated above, when we weighed our options of a long time it was a stalemate. The major change in our behavior all came about at the same time checks flowed to the Clinton foundation.
If it were in our interests to promote the pipeline I would be fine with it. However, the people making interest on the deal now are the Clintons who reportedly moved the slush fund to the Gulf (if reports are credible)?
Too few have curiosity about how the Clinton Foundation and donations seemed to steer our foreign policy. Too few have curiosity about what pledges were made to the Obama foundation by the same people in return for a radical change in policy in the region.
We are all focused on the bloody mess in the sandbox without inquiry into how we arrived at this point and why.
The Clintons are yesterday’s news. I don’t know why you are fixated on that. All that is water under the bridge at this point.
The fact is Putinist Russia and their BFF Death to America Iran are on the move in the Middle East. Nothing good will come of that. Period. They must be engaged and rolled back.