>>That has fallen through because the US and NATO can't control enough of the countryside through which the pipelines must run. It has also fallen through because there weren't any players like Enron around to get the deals going--and we have seen the venture banks and private equity deals like that dry up--in fact, they dried up a couple years before the current set of multifaceted financial troubles in the news now.<<
It also seems to have fallen through because the US government worried it would benefit Russia or its C. Asia allies rather than the group of anti-Russian countries the US has been trying to cultivate. What's more, the Afghan occupation-light (the country actually got invaded and occupied with the 'forward positioned assets' the US, under Clinton, had been readying for regime change in Iraq) only succeeded because Iran, Russia and Pakistan cooperated. But the US wanted it both ways. It wanted to use its new holdings in the 'great game' against a resurgent Russia. Relations with Iran got worse once Ahmadinejad got elected (instead of a somewhat pro-US 'reformer'). And Pakistan went all awry because it turns out their puppet there had a weaker position than their puppet in Afghanistan. CJ _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
