[slt2021]

It is useful for the US to isolate China from Iranian oil resources. Currently Iranian oil can go via Pakistan to China.

Thats how Us operates: exploits old conflicts for its own immediate benefit, like it did with Ukr-Rus war.

If some people die on both side it is acceptable for the Us, because these are not Us citizens dying

[maxglute]

CPEC isn't viable energy coordidor yet - no completed oil/gas infra from Iran to Pak to PRC. Which only leaves trucks, and the roads not designed to support 5000+ trucks per day for Irans 1m barrels per day.

[JumpCrisscross]

> Thats how Us operates: exploits old conflicts for its own immediate benefit, like it did with Ukr-Rus war.

This is realpolitik 101, and every powerful society does it. Like, India didn't help sever Bangladesh f/k/a East Pakistan from Islamabad because it was being nice. (I'm not saying every society exploits every old conflict. Just that if you need to do something, you start with extant fault lines. Like, if you're going to war with Nazi Germany you don't sideline the Soviets and British because that's mean or whatnot.)

Also, the problem with Pakistan isn't that its ports could be used to import oil. It's that the ports are being configured for Chinese blue-water operations.

[slt2021]

I can understand seizing opportunities in situations like this, however I cannot support instigating and creating these situations in the first place.

https://m.economictimes.com/news/defence/pakistans-defence-m...

[JumpCrisscross]

> cannot support instigating and creating these situations in the first place

With all due respect, what you and I support isn’t super relevant to what will happen over the coming weeks.

[lazyeye]

It doesn't matter what it is, or where it's happening in the world, some people will always make it about the US. Always. It's tiresome.

[shadowgovt]

The US is the third largest country on the planet with the second largest nuclear arsenal and controls the currency that other countries denominate their international debt in.

There's very little that happens in the world that does not touch or get touched by the United States. The USA doesn't have much choice in this.