So Afghanistan has overnight turned into the "Saudi Arabia" of precious metals, has it? The Pentagon's asseverations about the lucre contained in miserable Afghanistan testify to its tireless ingenuity in selling the war. But even if Afghanistan does turn out to possess everything the Pentagon claims it does, the sad truth is that precious natural resources are, more often than not, a curse for the Third World nations that harbor them.
A scramble for Afghanistan's resources would simply intensify the tribal warfare that's already taking place in that devastated country. But it's not all that surprising that the Pentagon would float this little PR trial balloon. It isn't simply that the war isn't going well. It's that, according to a fascinating report in the Los Angeles Times by Alex Rodriguez, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence is actually represented on the Taliban leadership council, known as the shura. In other words, our close ally, Pakistan, the recipient of billions in American largess, is actually helping to coordinate the fight against America and its allies in Afghanistan.
This information comes courtesy of the London School of Economics, which has issued a new report written by Matt Waldman, who interviewed nine Taliban commanders. According to Waldman, ""the ISI has representatives on the Shura, either as participants or observers, and the agency is thus involved at the highest level of the movement." He also says that Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari is in on the game: he has met with senior Taliban commanders inside Pakistan and vowed to assist them in their struggle.
For President Obama, the endgame may be looming more quickly than he anticipated. As the military backpedals from attacking Kandahar, his surge has pretty much failed before it even began. Pakistan, convinced that America will bug out, isn't playing footsie with the Taliban; it's actively conniving with them. Meanwhile, Afghan president Hamid Karzai is furiously seeking to cut his own deal with the Taliban before he's ignominiously ousted from office.
It isn't a pretty picture. But it's not one that Obama or the Pentagon or even trillions and trillions in rare minerals will be able to prettify. If the latest reports are anything to go by, America is chasing fool's gold in Afghanistan.
And Haliburton already hired Blackwater to rob Afghanistan from their natural recourses.
Could it be be that this the root cause why the Taliban hate US?
What about "They hate us because of our freedom"
and also for countries that take over and colonise them
wealthy individuals convinced England to colonise Rhodesia and new zealend so they could make fortunes...
Zbigniew Brzezinski, a presidential advisor, Trilateral Commission founder, Bilderberger, and Council of Foreign Relations figurehead describes the strategic location of the Eurasian Balkans (of which Afghanistan is the heart of) as follows:
“…the Eurasian Balkans are infinitely more important as a potential economic prize: an enormous concentration of natural gas and oil reserves is located in the region, in addition to important minerals, including gold (page 124),” and “America’s global primacy is directly dependent on how long and how effectively its preponderance on the Euraisian continent is sustained…A power that dominates Eurasia would control two of the world’s three most advanced and economically productive regions…most of the world’s physical wealth is there as well, both in its enterprises and underneath its soil (page 30-31).”
Brzezinski also noted that in order for the U.S. to the “manage” the Eurasia continent sufficiently they must, “prevent collusion and maintain security dependence among the vassals, to keep tributaries pliant and protected, and to keep the barbarians from coming together (page 40).”
My point? It doesn't, and never has, matter who's in the white house. This, my friends, is business as usual, and I can't figure out why people are shocked.
Note to Obots: Dems and Repubs are essentially no different from each other, in so far as who they ultimately serve (corporate America). Obama is just as much a tool of corporations as Bush was. Time to wake up.
what about opium?? that where the real gold is ! over 500 billions of it..the brits love it that is why they are there. this is a repetition what the british did to the chinese.
Hahahahahahaha, who am I kidding, we'll just go in and kill everyone and destroy their environment, while only a handful of already filthy rich Americans reap the profits, that's what we usually do.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/6/14/875884/-Liberators-Once-More:-the-New-Party-Line-for-Selling-the-Afghanistan-War”
Brilliant plan had it worked. They didn't realize all Semitic nations, Israel included, are Ishmaelites and European nations Jacobites will be fighting until the end of the world. Semitics being a Black and White mixed people have the strength of Esau and cunning of Jacob, Whites will never best them.
What the US need to do is abide by Amendment 2, apologize to the 2 nations, assist them to rebuild and bring all troupes onto US soil. Then, if Halliburton and other corporations want the oil and metals, allow them to figure out how to get it. After the apology, Bush should be arrested for aggression in doing it, violating of the constitution.
The current prez then had only to go along with the military on two already in progress wars having considerable momentum. All he had to do is say, "Yes, General Gates" "I defer to your judgement, General Petraeus" "You know how to torture 'em, keep at it, good job General Mc Chrystal" Would he have had the nerve to start the wars?
So Bush owns the wars. And so does Obama. I get a chuckle out of people with posts that think that because person X is responsible for something, person Y is somehow less responsible. These wars for inadequate reason constitute slaughter of innocents and both men, as well as others, are responsible.
Note that elsewhere, we have discovered the prez has expanded "Black Ops" operations against "radical groups" to 75 nations from 60 nations. That is more than 1/3 of all the countries in the world. 75 countries are getting covert help in "controlling" their dissidents or are being covertly undermined!!!
This is why it is a mistake to just look at the budget of the military when examining our defense budget. Lots of stuff is going on under other umbrellas - the State Dept. umbrella, the security state umbrella. Should be the military / security / industrial / world domination complex.
YUP, the Pentagon and the war masters are once again blind to all the facts. dontcha just wish they'd all blast off for Mars or where ever and leave Earth? Just leave, guys....you'll like it up there..
At that time Afghanistan was a kingdom. Fairly stable, I believe. Later came coups, Soviet occupation, civil war, US and NATO occupation, more civil war, and the disaster we now have. But it wasn't always so.