US pushes for agreement with suppliers of Nabucco

....Experts also said the project is at risk of not being implemented.... Of course it won't be. It was never going to be, it was always going to be a white elephant. No one in Europe is stupid enough to entrust hundreds of miles of oil/gas pipeline, critical for Europe’s energy needs, running through Turkey, to the likes of the present government there. It would be political (and probably social) suicide. Who is going to pay for that part of the pipeline and the installations that come with it on Turkish territory anyway? Not the Turks for sure. Roughly 40% of the total pipeline would be laid in Turkey, more than in any other transit country, why should they pay the lion’s share? They sat back and waited for the EU to step in and foot the bill, but they didn’t and won’t. The realization of this is beginning to dawn on the Turkish government already. That’s why they made a deal with Putin for the South Stream project. This way they now have a ‘yes but….’ argument and can slip out of Nabucco without losing face and they can always blame the EU. Nabucco would give Turkey unprecedented leverage on the EU and they would probably only use it for blackmail (i.e. waltz in to the EU without reforms, demand to build more mosques all over Europe, demand Islam be recognized as a major state religion in the EU, demand a bigger say in the running of the EU, block membership applications of other European countries while demanding preferred candidacy status for their ‘Turkic brothers’ in all the ‘stans all the way to China, get the EU embroiled in all sorts of political and even military conflicts all over the place, the list is long and tiresome). They would also blackmail their suppliers. And every time there was a problem they would just blame the other side. They would jump the price every chance they got. This would suit the strategic interests of the USA. Of course they support this project, they may even pay for it in the end. And of course they support Turkey’s quick accession to the EU, their strategy is simple, it’s one of divide and rule. They know with Turkey on board in the EU they would achieve that with no problem. The accession of Turkey to the EU would in no time completely immerse the Union in political havoc and internal strife. There would be no chance of a workable, politically strong economic union, it would most likely fall apart. The EU would no longer be of concern to the USA as it would not be a competitor, only a consumer. Nope, this project is going nowhere.