[Peace-discuss] The whack craic on AfPak

[C. G. Estabrook]

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/MG23Df03.html

"As much as the Afghan Taliban - and not al-Qaeda - are running rings around 
NATO full time, the West will not leave Afghanistan; because of Pipelineistan; 
because of those juicy military bases so close to Russia and China; because of 
NATO's expansion aims; because of so much mineral wealth to be exploited." [Pepe 
Escobar]