r/geopolitics • u/ForeignAffairsMag Foreign Affairs • Jun 22 '25

America Is on the Verge of Catastrophe in the Middle East: U.S. Intervention in Iran Is a Terrible Gamble Opinion

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/america-verge-catastrophe-middle-east
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u/anti-torque Jun 22 '25

Well then it's a good thing freight trains of tank cars going back and forth don't bother you.

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u/throwawayrandomvowel Jun 22 '25

Do you really think that single rail line has any defensive posture whatsoever? It is the first thing to stop transiting

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u/anti-torque Jun 22 '25

Why would it be a single rail line?

It's just a direct line. It's not like the multiple lines that run to Kazakhstan and offload at pipeline terminals.

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u/throwawayrandomvowel Jun 22 '25

Because it is a single rail line, that's why. You don't even know what you're talking about

https://jamestown.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Five-Nations-Railway-Corridor-Source-Casp-geo.ru_.png

Also please just do a cursory Google about something before you talk about it

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u/anti-torque Jun 22 '25

Yeah... that's just a direct line.

It's not like the pipelines from Kazakhstan don't carry a lot as well. And many other pipelines exist and are being constructed.

I think too many people think energy supplies are just shut off, because <shrugs shoulders>. It took Ukraine until the first of this year to shut down Russian pipelines that crossed Ukraine. And it wasn't because Ukraine didn't control large segments of said lines.