This is a silly comment for the fact that there are no such pipelines being evaluated or proposed. The argument rests on the idea that there are good ways to by

This is a silly comment for the fact that there are no such pipelines being evaluated or proposed. The argument rests on the idea that there are good ways to bypass Syria (there aren't). And no, the war is not merely about this pipeline. But it is one of the 'prizes' at stake which has gotten the support of foreign countries spending money and shipping arms into Syria proxy forces (notably, in this case, Qatar). Take a look at the Center for Strategic and International Studies policy assessment for Gulf Countries during the Syrian Proxy Conflict: https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/161019_Gulf_States_Policies_on_Syria.pdf https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/1...