Thread: Mission Accomplished

Of course they never said exactly what the mission was did they? The question is why the hell did we go there in the first place?

The Taliban has a permanent presence in 54% of Afghanistan and the country is in serious danger of falling into Taliban hands, according to a report by an independent thinktank with long experience in the area.

Despite tens of thousands of Nato-led troops and billions of dollars in aid poured into the country, the insurgents, driven out by the American invasion in 2001, now control "vast swaths of unchallenged territory, including rural areas, some district centres, and important road arteries", the Senlis Council says in a report released yesterday. On the basis of what it calls exclusive research, it warns that the insurgency is also exercising a "significant amount of psychological control, gaining more and more political legitimacy in the minds of the Afghan people who have a long history of shifting alliances and regime change".

Afghanistan 'falling into hands of Taliban' | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

The War for Oil, er on Terrorism didn't need to be waged in the petroleum deficient Afghanistan...

Good thread, here is an article that I ran on the 21st.

Resurgent Taliban closing in on Kabul: report

Now these clowns want to go into Iran. Things aren't looking pretty are they Ace?

What blows me away is Afganistan was the place we went to get whats his name, you remember Obama, Osama, I forget, you know the guys that flew planes into the world trade centers.
We've lost our way I only hope we can recover...

Originally Posted by Morpheus

The War for Oil, er on Terrorism didn't need to be waged in the petroleum deficient Afghanistan...

If they found oil there instead of poppies do you think this would be happening?

If AQ did 911, then I think that we could have got them without a full scale invasion a lot easier, a lot cheaper. When you invade there will always be an insurgency, and that is usually fighting a loosing battle.

Originally Posted by Acebass

If they found oil there instead of poppies do you think this would be happening?

Yeah, I'm scratching my head as to why the heroin trade came back after the Taliban was gone. Some people in high places making money off it?

Originally Posted by Morpheus

Yeah, I'm scratching my head as to why the heroin trade came back after the Taliban was gone. Some people in high places making money off it?

Thats record breaking trade, in a zone controlled by NATO and US forces, hell yes the powers to be are making bank.

Originally Posted by Morpheus

Yeah, I'm scratching my head as to why the heroin trade came back after the Taliban was gone. Some people in high places making money off it?

Bingo!

Cocaine and heroin
Importation
Agency

Originally Posted by operator kos

Bingo!

Cocaine and heroin
Importation
Agency

Yes, I know Gary Webb exposed this, and then was shamed by the MSM, not to mention he committed 'suicide'. Funny thing though, one man, two bullets. Hmmm... 'nother head scratcher...