US reiterates strong opposition to Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline

[papau]

We oppose the gas pipe line deal connecting to Iran, India, and Pakistan that will be signed this June and start construction in 2007 with a 2011 operational date, - but we like the others

http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2006/01/05/afx2428505.html

US reiterates strong opposition to Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline
01.05.2006, 01:56 AM


WASHINGTON (AFX) - <snip>Iran is reportedly nearing an accord with India and Pakistan for the 2,600-kilometre pipeline costing more than 7 bln usd.

'The US government supports multiple pipelines from that (the Caspian) region but remains absolutely opposed to pipelines involving Iran,' senior State Department official Steven Mann told a forum in Washington late yesterday. <smip>

....generally, "piped gas was economically favourable versus LNG (liquefied natural gas). TAP (the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan project) and the Iran-Pakistan-India options appear viable and competitive versus LNG," Millison said.<snip>

Millison said although the 1,680-kilometre trans-Afghan gas pipeline was shorter and less costly, as of last month, India and Pakistan were 'moving forward' with the project with Iran. <snip>

[catmandu57]

1. Tough tittie

I think we are going to have an increasungly difficult time with what we like or dislike in the world.

[movonne]

3. Ditto....

[Joe Chi Minh]

7. Very silkily put. Worthy of a diplomat.

You could imagine a diplomat using that to put the point over to Bush as gently as possible.

[catmandu57]

8. I'm not a diplomat

and I can turn the air blue, given the opportunity.

[Joe Chi Minh]

16. I'm sure most diplomats also can and do. It was meant as a

compliment Pat. An attempt of mine at euphemistic humour. I found the pithy, sardonic, elliptical way you expressed yourself very funny.

[Born Free]

10. the same idiots in charge

The same idiots that have been making all the poor decisions concerning Iraq, tax cuts etc are also tyring to convince the world their way is the best way. Just as they failed misirably at everything else; they are not suddenly going to come up with some briliant ideas to help American interest. Take away their control of the most powerful military the world has ever known and you have nothing. Never has America been hurt so much by poor decisions from their leadership. Children that gow up spoiled and never held accountable for their poor decisions never learn, and it is the same with presidents, every president makes a few mistakes early on, but they are held accountable and learn from their mistakes. Wheras the bush team was never held accountable, they never learned and consequently continue to make poor decisions in everything they do.
Actually, you could argue that because of the "free ride", the decision process has gotten worse rather than better. It is a sad time for America, no, it's a sad time for the people of the world.

[DBoon]

2. so are we going to bomb it or something?

like a kid having a temper tantrum?

[HuffleClaw]

15. it'll be INSURGENTS ! ! !

likely a new chapter of al qaeda! yeah, thats it. those new guys, the ones who trained at fort bragg or possibly heresford.

[patcox2]

4. We prefer the pipeline from Kazakhstan,through Afghanistan, to India

Seriously, this is why we provoked the 9/11 attacks, we were pressuring Afghanistan's Taliban to grant Unocal the right to build a pipeline from kazakhstan (or one of the stans down there) through afghanistan, then through a bit of Pakistan, then on down to the Enron plant in India. Really.

[papau]

5. True - But the neo-cons scream there was no oil pipeline! -forgetting gas

pipelines that were actually the plan!

:-)

[drduffy]

11. and we helped a little bit too

lihop evolves into mihop

[dusmcj]

6. this is Paks' and Indians' version of being "strategic"

They're climbing up the mullahs' asses in one of their usual attempts to form a regional South Asian power block and be "nonaligned". Nothing wrong with that, but in this case they might have closed ranks with the Afghans instead. Also, they're just aping the western powers' cheesy realpolitik maneuverings. They might exercise a little imagination and stop doing what the British foreign service taught them 100 years ago.

[leesa]

9. We invaded Afghanistan for absolutely nothing them...they scooped us

on the pipeline to the Indian/Asiam market anyway. The 9-11 terrorist thing was pure nonsense...THIS was the reason for the invasion...the traansAfghan pipeline to tap the Asian market.

[drduffy]

12. greedy ideologues

easy to sucker.

[NorthernSpy]

13. none of our business

None of the oil or territory involved belongs to us. So how exactly is this plan any of America's business?

I'm just happy to see India and Pakistan cooperating for a change.

[HuffleClaw]

14. WAAAAAAAAH ! ! ! !

assholes. not EVERYTHING on earth has to have a 'approved by emperor bush' sticker on it. (and a halliburton sticker)