Afghanistan: Is it all about terrorism? » peoplesworld

Afghanistan: Is it all about terrorism? » peoplesworld

Thanks to Sam Webb for his insight. How much does "oil" really have to do with the war in Afghanistan? Central Asia is a rich source of oil and natural gas and none of its former Soviet republics are members of OPEC. Maintaining the Afghan war makes sense from the perspective of preventing another oil embargo. Another reason this country is so quick to go to war is that we haven't completely accepted that we will need to share global power with China in the future, so cost is no object when it comes to stealing a venue to establish our influence from Beijing.

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