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Originally Posted by theking
The press would know if a pipeline was under construction...Congressmen would know if a pipeline is under construction...the soldiers would know if a pipeline is under construction and if the bulk of our forces were protecting said pipeline...but not a peep out of any of the sources I have listed. I conclude that there is not a pipeline under construction but is still in the planning stage and I think it will remain in the planning stage until there is no longer a conflict taking place (as a pipeline is an easy target)...and that may happen when hell freezes over.
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The media would know? Ummm, who do you think owns the media? This is not 1965, this is 2009 and the for profit media reports on what it's told to report on. Not to mention, there are MANY off-limits areas of Afghanistan.
King, why do you think there is conflict there? THERE WAS NO CONFLICT until western forces invaded.
A pipeline there is no different than a pipeline in Iraq. Sure, easy targets, but that is why you have PMC's and the US Military, to protect them. Both are protecting oil fields in Iraq, when the pipeline is complete, they will be protecting that too.
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Originally Posted by theking
It would be the height of stupidity for anyone to invest in the building of a major pipeline of such importance in a country where armed conflict is taking place. A pipeline is an easy target and simply could not be protected.
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Well, the governments of the world have a track record of doing incredibly stupid things. This is nothing new. Besides, if you had any idea of how much money is involved, it's not so stupid.
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Originally Posted by Rochard
You guys are all fucking idiots.
They've been building this pipeline since the mid 1980s. Or at least talking about it.
As for this pipeline, you do you know that at any given time there are dozens of pipelines being built? They are building one in Venezuela, why aren't we attacking them? We get more oil from from Venezuela than we do Afghanistan....
How would the US benefit from this magical pipeline?
- Cheaper oil? Nope. A single pipeline, no matter how important, doesn't effect the price of gas.
- More oil? Nope. We get most our oil from Cananda. No pipeline in Afghanistan is going to change that.
- More money? Nope. We don't get any money from that.
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It's not to get oil FROM Afghanistan, it's to control the oil moving THROUGH it. Think about it. You may just have an "ah-ha" moment.
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Originally Posted by Rochard
And if the bulk of the US forces three was protecting one single pipeline, don't you think the entire world would know about it? Because you can't have tens of thousands of troops guarding one pipeline and not have everyone on earth know about it. Don't be stupid.
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It's a mix of military and PMC's. I can get you a job doing it if you want. I have good contacts at a few PMCs who are always hiring qualified men.
You are living in a DREAM WORLD if you think the world knows about what goes on ANYWHERE. The world knows what it is told.