[quote=SK in CV][quote=patb]
Now Michael Moore said there was a
Pipeline the bushies wanted to run through
Afghanistan, but, seems awful silly to invade over a pipeline route.[/quote]
That pipeline was a myth. As much as the Russians and others would love it, nobody on this planet would finance it. Cuz it’s in…you know…Afghanistan. Where empires go to die.[/quote]
Kind of contorted logic, SK, are you saying Bushco did not think we could bring security to Aghan. But your correct, no financing until and new government.
From a 1999 congressional hearing regarding the Afghan pipeline
The second option is to build a pipeline south from Central Asia to the Indian Ocean. One obvious route south would cross Iran, but this is foreclosed for American companies because of U.S. sanctions legislation. The only other possible route is across Afghanistan, which has of course its own unique challenges. The country has been involved in bitter warfare for almost two decades, and is still divided by civil war. From the outset, we have made it clear that construction of the pipeline we have proposed across Afghanistan could not begin until a recognized government is in place that has the confidence of governments, lenders, and our company.
