from a guardian article in 2001,In 1998, Dick Cheney, now US vice-president but then chief executive of a major oil services company, remarked: "I cannot think of a time when we have had a region emerge as suddenly to become as strategically significant as the Caspian." But the oil and gas there is worthless until it is moved. The only route which makes both political and economic sense is through Afghanistan.
https://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Co ... 74,00.html
The oil and gas belongs politically at least to Turkmenistan. Yesterday Turkmenistan sold the gas rights to Putain.
Tomorrow Condo Rice is going to Moskow. She is going to talk about US plans to put missile bases in eastern Europe. Two reptiles in the same tank. The flies on the walls won't probably won't last long, but I wouldn't mind taking my chances
details,
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2 ... 4/001.html
The US gov. are saying this isn't the start of a new cold war, we'll see.
At the end of the Guardian article above the journalist says,
I believe that the US government is genuine in its attempt to stamp out terrorism by military force in Afghanistan, however misguided that may be. But we would be naïve to believe that this is all it is doing.
If you look at where the US forces are mainly based in Afghanistan, I think the first sentence in that quote is the naive one. It will be interesting to see what movements the US troops make in the next few months, I can't see 'em coming home any time soon.
I'll bet Putin will be sleeping well ..
