$64 mil. to train Georgian troops to protect smirk's pipe line- oh yeah

http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208~12588~2870294,00.html


U.S. places large bet on pipeline


American-backed plans to build a nearly 1,100-mile-long oil pipeline from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean are about to go from what skeptics once called a "pipe dream" to a reality.

Trailing from Baku, Azerbaijan, through Georgia to the Turkish seaport of Ceyhan, British energy giant BP will bring the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline on line this month. One of the longest oil routes in the world, it's expected to pump 1 million barrels of oil a day by 2010.

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But the project represents a big gamble for the United States in an energy-rich region traditionally dominated by Russia and Iran. The pipeline could undercut Iranian oil production and compete with Russian-controlled oil routes, which has provoked some grumbling from both countries.

To guard against threats, the United States has spent $64 million to train Georgian troops in antiterrorism tactics. American military officials have said the United States will spend an additional $100 million to train and equip the Caspian Guard, a network of special operations and police units that will protect oil facilities and key assets in the region, the Wall Street Journal reported in April.
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this 64 mil will turn into many millions more and the pipe line will be attacked constantly.

isn't it nice that we pay to protect private corporations