Georgia's crucial 'energy corridor'

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Cute euphemism like, "the fledgling democracy of break away Georgia" are used constantly by politicians and pundits.

Perhaps there is a bigger picture?

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Georgia's crucial 'energy corridor'
By Hamish Macdonald in Tbilisi, Georgia




The BTC oil pipeline is the second-longest in the world, carrying 1.2m barrels of crude every day

In two short weeks, Georgia has redefined the relationship between Russia and the West and created a vastly different global dynamic.

For many people, this war was never really just about territory or ideology, it was about influence over a vital energy corridor to the West.

Georgia is home to one of the world's most important pieces of infrastructure, a pipeline which carries oil from the Caspian Sea to Europe.

Construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline began in 2003 and was completed in 2005.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/08/200882015569582756.html

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1. crucial factor ignored by our self-censoring media