Syria’s Pipelineistan war
This is a war of deals, not bullets. The verdict is open on whether this complex Pipelineistan gambit qualifies as a casus belli for Turkey and NATO to go all-out after Assad; but it should be remembered that Washington’s strategy in south-west Asia since the Clinton administration has been to bypass, isolate and hurt Iran by all means necessary. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/201285133440424621.html