The War on Lebanon and the Battle for Oil (and Water):

[cyberpj]

Is there a relationship between the bombing of Lebanon and the inauguration of the World's largest strategic pipeline, which will channel more than a million barrels of oil a day to Western markets?

Virtually unnoticed, the inauguration of the Ceyhan-Tblisi-Baku (BTC) oil pipeline, which links the Caspian sea to the Eastern Mediterranean, took place on the 13th of July, at the very outset of the Israeli sponsored bombings of Lebanon.

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The BTC pipeline totally bypasses the territory of the Russian Federation. It transits through the former Soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Georgia, both of which have become US "protectorates", firmly integrated into a military alliance with the US and NATO. Moreover, both Azerbaijan and Georgia have longstanding military cooperation agreements with Israel.

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War and Oil Pipelines

Prior to the bombing of Lebanon, Israel and Turkey had announced the underwater pipeline routes, which bypassed Syria and Lebanon. These underwater pipeline routes do not overtly encroach on the territorial sovereignty of Lebanon and Syria.

On the other hand, the development of alternative land based corridors (for oil and water) through Lebanon and Syria would require Israeli-Turkish territorial control over the Eastern Mediterranean coastline through Lebanon and Syria.

The implementation of a land-based corridor, as opposed to the underwater pipeline project, would require the militarisation of the East Mediterranean coastline, extending from the port of Ceyhan across Syria and Lebanon to the Lebanese-Israeli border.

Is this not one of the hidden objectives of the war on Lebanon? Open up a space which enables Israel to control a vast territory extending from the Lebanese border through Syria to Turkey.

much more:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20060726&articleId=2824

[bloom]

1. Probably

On Democracy Now! today

Richard Debs, (who is also the Chairman Emeritus at the American University of Beirut) said:

"In the Middle East, it's now considered the American war against the Arabs. That's what it's gotten down to."

and also

"Democracy has become a code word--and not a good codeword--in the Middle East." (Code for "American sovereignty").

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/08/1453233


I think that most Arabs probably know a lot more of what is going on - in regards to Oil and Water and what the US and Israel are doing than most people in the US and Israel know.

[cyberpj]

2. I think that most Arabs probably know a lot more of what is going on

Absolutely.

And they probably can't believe

1 - how stupid we to believe what we're being sold
2 - that we don't give a damn anyway