That's the funniest thing I've read in a while!
Pray tell me how Iraqi or Afghani people (not the kept elite!) benefit from the war you carry against them for their natural resources?
The US doesnt like to pay for what it thinks it can take by force. The problem is, you can win a war against a regular army, but you cant win against people who dont want you in their country.
Red alert, this fucking HAS to be a puppet account...
What natural resources are there in Afghan, genius? Opium seeds?
And remind us how much oil has been brought into the US from Iraq?
Well, you will have to ask Bush & C0 about Iraqi oil/reconstruction projects that went their way.
As for Afghanistan, see for yourself: Trans Afghan pipeline
http://www.courtfool.net/images/Pipelines_to_9_11/Trans_Afghanistan_Pipeline.GIF
1. It seems US was making plans to attack Afghanistan well before 9/11:
BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | US 'planned attack on Taleban'
Niaz Naik, a former Pakistani Foreign Secretary, was told by senior American officials in mid-July that military action against Afghanistan would go ahead by the middle of October.
Mr. Naik was told that Washington would launch its operation from bases in Tajikistan, where American advisers were already in place. Mr. Naik was told that if the military action went ahead it would take place before the snows started falling in Afghanistan, by the middle of October at the latest.
He said that he was in no doubt that after the World Trade Center bombings this pre-existing U.S. plan had been built upon and would be implemented within two or three weeks. And he said it was doubtful that Washington would drop its plan even if Bin Laden were to be surrendered immediately by the Taliban.
November 2001, a book by Jean-Charles Brisard and Guillaume Dasquie Bin Laden: The Forbidden Truth, (you can buy it from Amazon for a fiver) According to a former French secret service agent, and an investigative journalist, the U.S. viewed the Taliban before August 2001 as a source of stability in Central Asia that would enable the construction of an oil pipeline across Central Asia. A Taliban representative opened negotiations with the freshly installed George W. Bush by taking an expensive Afghan carpet to Washington in February 2001, but U.S.-Afghan talks went poorly. At one point during the negotiations, the U.S. representatives told the Taliban official, either you accept our offer of a carpet of gold, or we bury you under a carpet of bombs.
2. From mid-90-s the US were in talks with Taliban over trans-Afghan oil/gas pipeline; the agreement fell on its face in 1998.
3. On October 10, 2001 (third day of the bombing campaign?) the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan Wendy Chamberlain met with Pakistans oil minister to discuss the old Unocal deal.
4. December 31, 2001, Bush appointed Khalilzad as his Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan, later as U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. Khalilzad is a former Unocal Corporation consultant, a member of the National Security Council on Persian Gulf- and Southeast Asian-related affairs and reported to former ChevronTexaco general counsel Condoleezza Rice.
5. What is interesting is that appointed by the US Karzai, is also a former Unocal consultant.
6. Guardian newspaper wrote on May 31, Gas analysts warn the project would be vulnerable to disruption by warlords unless it was buried deep enough in the ground, which would add considerable extra costs.
Pipe dreams | World news | guardian.co.uk
7. On August 8, 2002, the Russian state oil company Rosneft announced that it had signed an agreement with the Afghan Mining and Industry Ministry, under which Russian specialists will study the state of [Afghanistans] gas fields and pipeline network over the coming month. Russian companies will finance the feasibility study and provide the Afghans with information on the work of Soviet Union specialists in Afghanistan's gas industry prior to 1988. In turn, Rosneft will participate in the development and privatization of oil and gas blocs that Afghanistan will offer in the future. Russian Oil And Gas Companies To Study Feasibility Of Rebuilding Afghanistans Gas Industry, Associated Press, August 8, 2002.
8. "Afghanistan has significant amounts of undiscovered non-fuel mineral resources that could present a great source of wealth for the country, says the U.S. Geological Survey.
A 2007 preliminary assessment by the USGS, unveiled today at a U.S.-Afghan Business Matchmaking Conference in Washington, shows estimates for copper and iron ore resources have the most potential for extraction in Afghanistan.
Scientists also found indications of abundant deposits of colored stones and gemstones, including emerald, ruby, sapphire, garnet, lapis, kunzite, spinel, tourmaline and peridot.
Gold, mercury, sulfur, chromite, talc-magnesite, potash, graphite and sand and gravel were also listed as examples of mineral resources available for extraction.
"Afghanistan has abundant known mineral resources and also significant potential for additional, undiscovered mineral resources," USGS scientist Stephen Peters said Tuesday in a podcast."
Afghanistan rich with mineral resources: report
Impossible.
