Pakistan Blocks Fuel Supplies For NATO Forces In Afghanistan

States Times ^ | October 15, 2011

[Fennie]

Pakistan has stopped all supplies of motor spirit (petrol) and high-speed diesel to the US Defence Energy Supply Company, which is catering to the energy requirements of NATO forces in Afghanistan, according to a news report.

The ban has been implemented with immediate effect, The News quoted a senior official at Pakistan's Petroleum and Natural Resources Ministry, as saying.

[EBH]

1970’s...ten year to bring American oil online
1980’s ...it will take a decade to bring American oil...
1990’s...ditto
2000...ditto
2008....ditto,..alternative energy push...

Homeland security ....worthless without ready resources

[PubliusMM]

In civilized countries this is called extortion...

[penelopesire]

Hmmmmm.......looks to me like Obama has really screwed things up over there. We certainly didn’t have this problem under President Bush. So much for Obama’s foreign policy of bowing and cowtowing to American’s enemies.

EPIC FAIL!

[Calusa]

Hmmmmm.......looks to me like Obama has really screwed things up over there.

I guess all the feel good saber rattling by the Predator in Chief and his DC ladies is really working out.

Another heckuva job, Obie!!!

[null and void]

...unexpectedly...

[swamprebel]

We are in a de-facto war against Pakistan. We fly drones into there everyday, and shoot at them.

[bgill]

Obama’s Poki-staun is holding out for another $$$$ check. We wrote one after OBL and now they want another one.

[cranked]

I’d have dumped Pakistan a long, long time ago..... =.=

[Captain Rhino]

The claimed tax revenue loss is said to be PK Rs35 billion, which coverts to roughly US $404 million. Not exactly small change. The Obama administration will, of course, make some sort of arrangement to keep the petroleum products flowing and the Pakistani government will continue to do what it does best:

-Provide safe-harbor the Taliban,

-Train militants for operations in Afghanistan against the United States,

-Supply weapons and funding to terrorist groups through the ISI,

-Fail to protect the fuel convoys and depots in the tribal regions and, last, but not least,

-Act surprised and hurt whenever anyone calls them on it.

What a swell bunch of ...well, never mind. Just business as usual with our erstwhile allies.

[Flag_This]

"We are in a de-facto war against Pakistan. We fly drones into there everyday, and shoot at them."

We're only in afghanistan because pakistan created the taliban.

[Georgia Girl 2]

They can kiss that $1.8 billion a year in aid bye bye. I don’t even want to hear that we are giving them a dime.

[ravager]

This would have happened eventually regardless of Bush or Obama. Pakistan was never a friend, it was always an enemy. Neither Bush nor Obama saw it coming and instead poured billions of dollars down the throats of enemies. Both Bush and Obama are epic failures.