Dostum, the Uzbek, is reportedly consolidating his control over the corridor from the Caspian hydrocarbon deposits through Afghanistan.
Actions speak louder than words. Whining about the differentiation between actions and "conspiracy theories" is irrelevant.
Amen. Putin's already turning on the taps in Russia. If it makes logistic and economic sense, let's get the stuff flowing through whichever 'Stans want to line up some jobs and hard currency income. Take some cheap energy and build us some more civilization. Hell with the libs whining from the sidelines.
Good point. I appreciate your take on this as I know you have followed this issue extensively. I am concerned, however, about the extent of people that classify oil "actions" as the be-all and end-all of all international conflicts and motivations. They are certainly an underlying subtext to many issues, no matter what party is in power, but to rank them so high as to belittle the impact of international terrorism as masked as reactionary Islamic Jihad is to fail to percieve the enemy at our gates, and there I do not see you standing.
I guess what bothers me is the difficulty of giving the Oil motivations of NGOs, States, Individuals and Corporations the right measure of involvement and responsibility. To attribute all events to their actions is hardly sensible, but where is the balance?