When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Tuesday, October 16, 2001
U.S. Interests in the Central Asian Republics
"Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan possess large reserves of oil and natural gas, both on-shore and off-shore in the Caspian Sea, which they urgently seek to exploit. Uzbekistan has oil and gas reserves that may permit it to be self-sufficient in energy and gain revenue through exports...
" Central Asia would seem to offer significant new investment opportunities for a broad range of American companies .."
--Rep. Doug Bereuter, chair of the House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Committee on International Relations
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
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U.S. Interests in the Central Asian Republics
"Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan possess large reserves of oil and natural gas, both on-shore and off-shore in the Caspian Sea, which they urgently seek to exploit. Uzbekistan has oil and gas reserves that may permit it to be self-sufficient in energy and gain revenue through exports...
" Central Asia would seem to offer significant new investment opportunities for a broad range of American companies .."
--Rep. Doug Bereuter, chair of the House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Committee on International Relations
Palema
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