Pipeline politics taint U.S. war

www.chicagotribune.com ^ | March 18, 2002 | Salim Muwakkil

[WhiteKnuckles]

An ongoing source of frustration and anger for many Americans is the lack of support the war on terrorism has received abroad. Other nations are considerably less enthusiastic about our use of "daisy cutter" and "thermobaric" bombs than we think they should be. Why is that?

One reason is their media. Stories alleging imperial and commercial motives for the war on terrorism are rife.

Outside this country, there is a widespread belief that U.S. military deployments in Central Asia mostly are about oil.

[WhiteKnuckles]

Posted for your amusement.

[Fish out of Water]

fyi

[L.N. Smithee]

Next thing you know, someone will suggest that bin Laden was paid millions, and was allowed to escape the invasion in exchange for masterminding the attack and giving the U.S. a reason to go to Afghanistan and clear the way for the pipeline.

Wow...I'm good! Can I get paid for this? Watch out, Mike Rivero!

[KC Burke]

FYI.

This parallel of strategic interests and opportunities will always be listed amongst our possible hidden motives behind every action. It is impossible to avoid this analysis by those outside the US.

But, if world events play into the hands of US economic interests, why should we be concerned. If the suspision, becomes the reality, through to effort on our part, should we fail to advance our interests?

[LadyDoc]

Yeah. Just like the war on viet nam was about the oil reserves in the South China sea.

Since most of Iran's oil goes to Europe, maybe the Europeans are behind Osama. After all, we have Texas, Alaska, and are friends with Putin who has loads of oil in Siberia.

[droberts]

Right, so we have no interest in OPEC at all.

[meenie]

We are going to be in Afjunkistan for quite a while if we put a pipeline through there. The internal security looks rather weak there at the present time.

[amom]

Thanks for the heads up here, Burke.

[droberts]

I'm sure Hamid Karzai will only be too happy to look out for his ex-employer.

[Fish out of Water]

bttt

[Governor StrangeReno]

Whats that song,'things that make you go hmmm'

[L.N. Smithee]

OK, read the article. Saw the map. Didn't see a comment from you accompanying either.

Do you actually have a point? Or are you going to give us the old reliable "If you don't get it, I can't explain it to you" nonsense?

[WhiteKnuckles]

Yeah, I find it very amusing. Not only is Salim late to the pipeline party but this crap has been debunked before.