America IS paying an enormous price for Israeli dominance in the M.E. Not just America but all the Western nations which have accepted the ILSA sanctions regime on Iran and Libya. Outrageously expensive for no national purpose whatsoever. However, enormous investment went into the conquest of the Western hemisphere and that seems to be paying off now. It seems one has to take a centuries long view, along with having a completely racist perspective to see any logic in it all.

In this piece Gul promulgates the ‘war for energy pipeline’ meme. Which is quite shallow for a number of reasons:

The TAPI pipeline motive suggested by Gul along with his statement that the aggressors sought to keep the Chinese away fails to be confirmed by the facts. Haliburton and G.E. are presently working for China building alternate pipelines and pumping stations from Central Asia directly to China. That conflicts with Gul’s position. He should stick to the facts or at least develop a theory that makes sense.

Too bad, because he does have some interesting things to say. His credibility is undermined by his adoption of a baseless meme.

The simplistic world view of ‘energy wars’ seems to fail at explaining a few things such as the facts that Sinopec is not only the fastest growing energy producer in North America, but it is also publicly traded in New York. One would also have to wonder why China has been financing the US militarism. Perhaps one should try to answer those questions before becoming to attached to the ’struggle with China for resources’ meme. If the US were out to stymie Chinese participation in energy production and distribution they could easily start right at home where many of the big new projects are relying not only on Chinese corporations but Chinese engineers also. Who gives them the visas? How do they get the leases? Licenses and Permits? No, America is not in an existential struggle with China for energy. That’s bogus disinformation.

At this time new pipelines have been built would make any resurrection of the TAPI pipeline uneconomic so there is simply no argument to be made that the ongoing occupation is about the TAPI pipeline..

The best explanation for the NATO presence in the Middle East is that they are securing Israel’s regional dominance by threatening Iran and destabilising Pakistan with its ‘Islamic bomb’. This theory actually comports with reality, the big new military bases in Afghanistan are built closer to Iran than to the Pashtun areas of resistance.

It is quite disappointing that Hammond fell for this line which Gul put forward. Gul seems to be grasping around hoping to glom onto something.