Thread: Russia wins control of Turkmen gas

Russia wins control of Turkmen gas
By Jerry Mazza
Online Journal Associate Editor

Jul 31, 2008, 00:23

In the race for Caspian gas, Russia has won and the United States has lost, according to an article in Wednesday’s Asia Times.

In his article, Russia takes control of Turkmen (world?) gas, M K Bhadrakumar, a former career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service, wrote, “From the details coming out of Ashgabat in Turkmenistan and Moscow over the weekend, it is apparent that the great game over Caspian energy has taken a dramatic turn. In the geopolitics of energy security, nothing like this has happened before. The United States has suffered a huge defeat in the race for Caspian gas. The question now is how much longer Washington could afford to keep Iran out of the energy market.â€

Perhaps Turkmenistan has decided to deal with the evil they know versus the evil they don't. There are a lot of Russian speakers in the country. Thank you, POTUS, for getting the rest of the world so mad at us during your nearly eight years in office that our oil giants are probably not on a level playing field anywhere.