[EternalVigilance]

Your links do nothing to prove that the bases in those countries were simply to make the acquisition of an oil pipeline possible. You are rewriting history with a totally biased spin.

So then you concede that there are bases all along the pipeline route even in nations where there have been no terrorist camps which target the US.

Well, of course they exist...but your timeline, and the motives you ascribe for their establishment are highly suspect.

We have bases in dozens of countries that 'have no terrorist camps which target the US'. Why? Because they are strategically placed NEAR countries which bear us ill-will. Duh.

Just because a duck is near the hen's nest, that doesn't prove that it laid a chicken egg.

[Demidog]

Well, of course they exist...but your timeline, and the motives you ascribe for their establishment are highly suspect.

It's not my timeline. What's suspect is why the US had targetted Afghanistan before the 9/11 attacks. That they had is established fact.