tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post3846276168760180329..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Pipeline politicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-62412306584053226642008-08-19T09:03:00.000-07:002008-08-19T09:03:00.000-07:00This is an excellent example of why I read this bl...This is an excellent example of why I read this blog as opposed to the thousand others available on the web.<BR/><BR/>Good points Steve!albertosaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209465319904999278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-54903650888407600002008-08-19T06:45:00.000-07:002008-08-19T06:45:00.000-07:00Read Steve Levine's book the "Oil and the Glory" o...Read Steve Levine's book the "Oil and the Glory" on the former Soviet Union oil business to get a sense of the history of BTC. It was one of the few foreign policy successes in the region by the Clinton administration.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.oilandglory.com/" REL="nofollow">http://www.oilandglory.com/</A> <BR/><BR/>It's true enough that it would be relatively cheap to build more export pipelines; it would also be relatively cheap to build a rainbow bridge for fairies and unicorns. Neither is going to happen in the current environment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-2761202931525384422008-08-18T11:34:00.000-07:002008-08-18T11:34:00.000-07:00It's not just Armenia (Hayastan). The BTC also avo...It's not just Armenia (Hayastan). The BTC also avoids historical Kurdistan. It's all about the fruits of WWI. Kind of like the Georgians looking to America for more than lip service. The Georgians should have asked the Armenians about America's lip service 100 years earlier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19184617516799872092008-08-18T11:24:00.000-07:002008-08-18T11:24:00.000-07:00Armenia's bad relationship with some of its neighb...Armenia's bad relationship with some of its neighbors has left the landlocked country quite isolated. Its borders with Azerbaijan and Turkey are closed, and its only land connection with Iran is a 2-lane mountain road that can be impassable for weeks at a time in winter. Armenia's only useful ground links with the outside work are a single railway line and a couple of not-too-good roads leading into Georgia.<BR/><BR/>An interesting aspect of the state of near-war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is that Iran sides with Christian Armenia rather than with Muslim Azerbaijan. Islamic solidarity is less important to Tehran than is keeping in check Iran's sometimes restive Azeri minority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30429997253374195022008-08-18T10:59:00.000-07:002008-08-18T10:59:00.000-07:00Do you think that fact that BP build an oil pipeli...Do you think that fact that BP build an oil pipeline which bypasses Russian oil pipelines have anything to do with BP getting kicked out of Russia?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74633634363132165932008-08-18T10:44:00.000-07:002008-08-18T10:44:00.000-07:00Wrong question. Why not build the pipeline throug...Wrong question. Why not build the pipeline through Iran? It is the shortest distance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com