tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831516114336983238.post4007779174370973408..comments2024-03-23T04:19:40.135-07:00Comments on Antifascist Calling...: As Washington Escalates Military Operations, American Officials "Discover" ISI-Taliban NexusAntifascisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05421707682211445550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831516114336983238.post-82130013590698367342009-03-31T14:35:00.000-07:002009-03-31T14:35:00.000-07:00Thanks, your comment is appreciated! :)Thanks, your comment is appreciated! :)Antifascisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421707682211445550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831516114336983238.post-41457178303023773542009-03-31T09:51:00.000-07:002009-03-31T09:51:00.000-07:00Oh, and by the way, your work is stunning. Really...Oh, and by the way, your work is stunning. Really.theBhchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14822148672764530941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831516114336983238.post-88008451825576323252009-03-30T12:40:00.000-07:002009-03-30T12:40:00.000-07:00I've reported at some length on the TAPI pipeline,...I've <A HREF="http://anythingtheysay.blogspot.com/2007/07/pipelines-and-imperial-missions.html" REL="nofollow">reported</A> at some length on the TAPI pipeline, rival to the IPI pipeline. Granted, the story told there ended with Russia on the rise, the dollar plunging, while the Chinese freaked out about their US dollar assets.<BR/><BR/>Things have changed considerably since then. The collapsing world economy and attendant commodities price plunge has caused some retrenchment on the part of (among others) Russia -- they're in <A HREF="http://www.shockfront.org/blog/shockfront/display/297/index.php" REL="nofollow">serious trouble</A> in the mid-term.<BR/><BR/>As you suggest, this push by Obama is rekindling the TAPI deal after years of no-go, despite having Karzai sign the deal while he was still interim (appointed) president in 2002. But as you have so ably demonstrated here, that's a big gamble with 17,000 troops, while US policy is seeing to it that fundamentalist militants rise and prosper.theBhchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14822148672764530941noreply@blogger.com