In Jan 2008, a pipeline agreement with Bulgaria and Russia insured Russia's hold on Europe's gas supply. This pipeline is called the South Stream pipeline and seemed to be in competition to the Nabucco pipeline, which the U.S. backs. The proposed Nabucco pipeline's construction will begin in 2010. Both the South Stream pipeline and the Nabucco pipeline would supply several EU countries with energy.
Bulgaria also is an energy hub for the proposed AMBO pipeline. This pipeline is to be built by a US registered company called the Albanian Macedonian Bulgarian Oil Corporation (AMBO). The feasibilty study of this pipeline was financed by the U.S. and like the Nabucco pipeline is backed by the U.S. government. It's port is in Burgas.
Burgas is also the port for the Burgas-Alexandroupoli pipeline which runs from Russia to Greece to Bulgaria. This pipeline's construction was to begin Oct 2009 and is sponsored by Russia. This pipeline is not in competition to the American backed Nabucco pipeline.. so it's no worries for the U.S. and it's friends.
But things have changed. Now Russia has eliminated Bulgaria from the South Stream pipeline. This pipeline will bypass Bulgaria. That now leaves the U.S. backed pipelines... the Nabucco and the AMBO pipelines and the ITGI (Interconnector Turkey-Greece-Italy) pipelines... and the Russian backed pipeline, the Burgas-Alexandroupoli, with ports in Bugas, Bulgaria.
This also raises eye brows in the international community as to the REAL reason why the U.S. wants permanent military bases in Bulgaria...(AND bases in Romania). With U.S. military bases already on the Baltic, and now with these permanent U.S. military bases on the Black sea ports of Romania and Bugaria, this puts Russia "in a bind." The U.S. will be spending over $100,000,000 on permanent bases in Bulgaria and Romania.
Interestingly, as this article points out, suddenly the cadets at West Point are taking a clash course of the Russian language and it's culture.
With all the oil, gas around the Black Sea and Caspian Sea areas, it's obvious that the U.S. wants to protect it's "interests" in those areas and prevent that area from Russian dominance.
It's just a shame that many in the U.S. military are not aware that they are security guards working for the big money guys whose principal goals are to make more and more money. The "cover" for this security work, which is really to protect U.S. "interests," is spreading our definition of "democracy and freedom" by endless bloody wars built on lies, and to "end the world forever of terrorism." But - It DOES sound patriotic, doesn't it?
Whoever has the money.. controls the WORLD.
As always..follow the money.
New U.S. bases on Black Sea
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=15859
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