[Peace-discuss] Biden Warns of More Lies in Afghanistan

[C. G. Estabrook]

The point is that energy resources make Afghanistan important to the US, even 
though it has none.  Location location location.

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:12:46 -0500
>From: "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel at illinois.edu>  
>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Biden Warns of More Lies in Afghanistan  
>To: "C.G.Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>
>Cc: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>
>Is this supposed to be relevant to my comment??    --mkb
>
>
>On Jul 23, 2009, at 5:04 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>
>> Again, if Afghanistan were in central Africa, the threats it poses  
>> would not
>> require ten of thousands of the US military.  After 9/11, neocon  
>> Douglas Feith
>> suggested the US bomb South America -- to kill terrorists there,  
>> "where they
>> wouldn't be expecting it" -- but found no takers in the USG.
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>>> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:07:40 -0500
>>> From: "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel at illinois.edu>
>>> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Biden Warns of More Lies in Afghanistan
>>> To: "C.G.Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>
>>> Cc: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>>>
>>>  It is not just about oil; it is also about the
>>>  strategic placement of bases near/around Russia,
>>>  China, Pakistan, India, …, imagined as future
>>>  antagonists. Moreover, in that future, "we" may well
>>>  need mid-eastern oil; moreover, "our" oil companies
>>>  like our military to protect them from
>>>  "nationalistic" governments which might want to
>>>  better control their own resources.  --mkb
>>>  On Jul 23, 2009, at 6:27 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>>>
>>>    *The crucial point is that the US government
>>>    doesn't much care*: it
>>>    *needs* the threat of terrorism to justify the
>>>    presence of its military in the
>>>    region, the real reason for which is control of
>>>    Mideast energy resources (but
>>>    not for use within the US, which gets its oil from
>>>    the western hemisphere).
>>>    Since WWII, the US government has been determined
>>>    to control these resources,
>>>    not for domestic use, but as an advantage over its
>>>    international rivals.
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