23-06-2010, 07:09 AM
Mark Stapleton Wrote:Throw into the mix the fact the American geologists have also been busy in Afghanistan, discovering that the country holds potentially a trillion bucks in mineral wealth:
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-...-yaju.html
Now I know why the neocons keep saying this is not the time to cut and run.
Yes. Thank you for mentioning that Mark. Have to wonder if they really just discovered the mineral wealth. The caspian pipeline and poppy crops may not have been the only reason to invade Afghanistan.
Of course there's always this reason, expressed with surprising bluntness by Michael Hastings at the end of the Rolling Stone article:
"So far, counterinsurgency has succeeded only in creating a never-ending demand for the primary product supplied by the military: perpetual war. There is a reason that President Obama studiously avoids using the word "victory" when he talks about Afghanistan. Winning, it would seem, is not really possible. Not even with Stanley McChrystal in charge."