It's not about the oil

[andrewducker]

For those of you who were just starting to think that maybe the US interest in Afghanistan was purely military and based around the war against terrorism, click here to read about the new US oil pipeline worth $3.2 billion that's now going to be laid through it.

Comments

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

I knew that Afghanistan was a bit of a hole in various pipeline plans, so I'm not even slightly surprised.

[andrewducker]

Oh yeah. I knew it was coming. But it's always nice to have confirmation.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

God that's depressing. How long before Bush is out of the White House? Another 2/3 years of this? Gah!