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Written by Pepe Escobar ... ...
Here is a travelogue you will not find elsewhere, eminating from those lands shrouded by war and conflicting history and geopolitics. I had sent it on to Richard M. Eaton, the eminent historian specializing on South Asian Islamic history, who has a deep knowledge of the area and the current messy realpolitics. His comments are pasted below:
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Dear Farida,
Very good to hear from you. Pepe Escobar is one of my favorite reporters,
since he's on to something very important that is totally missed in America's
mainline media -- not surprisingly, of course.
He did need a map, however.
He should also have made it explicit that the whole reason for the war in
Afghanistan is to facilitate TAPI -- the pipeline from Turkmenistan to
Pakistan (and maybe India) that must run through Afghanistan. And the reason for THAT
pipeline, of course, is to deny Iran its own pipeline to Pakistan and India
(IPI). And the reason for denying Iran is that Iran continues to be the ONLY
country in the region that publically opposses Israel's expansionist plans to
colonize the West Bank. That is to say, these wars are not only about
oil; the geostrategic imperative of isolating and punishing Iran because of its candor
over Palestine/Israel is a huge part of the mix.
-- Dick
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