Reply #4: I Heard That Same Excuse By The Soviets In 1979

[KharmaTrain]

There were the chickenhawks in those days that pushed for all types of military aid to Pakistan and led to getting involved in "Charlie Wilson's War" due to the fear that the Soviets wanted to run a pipleine through Afghanistan to the sea via Pakistan. Today many of those fields are directing their oil through Russia and to the Capsian and Black Sea...the need for that pipeline is irrelevant. I've also seen reports that the establishment of such a pipeline would be all but cost prohibitive to build and then protect and maintain...over terrain worse than the Alaskan pipeline.

I just file this under wingnut dreams that never were realistic but made good talking points.

Cheers...