Re: [Marxism] Afghanistan

[Greg Dunkel <gdunkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ruthless should look at a map and read what he comments on a little more 
closely.

For oil extracted around the Caspian Sea, the U.S. would need the route from 
the Sea thru Kazakhstan (or
Turkmenistan) into Afghanistan and then on thru Pakistan to the sea and the 
clutches of US 
oil companies.  The major industrial areas of Russia (or previously the SU) 
lies directly north
of the Caspian Sea.

Sending the oil thru Afghanistan would be sending it out of the way.

/greg

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ruthless Critic of All that Exists <ok.president+nbsy@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Mar 3, 2009 11:10 AM
...
>
>Why do you think that the same strategic objective ("getting a
>pipeline through the country from the Caspian Sea") was not a factor
>in Soviet strategic thinking and a reason for their interest in
>Afghanistan?



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