He also wonders: What is NATO's goal in Afghanistan? To prop up Karzai, evidently, or have I missed something. Any other goal might possibly be achieved only with a full-scale military operation, and what an unwelcome exercise that would turn out to be.
does not signify.
The Afghani war is part of the attempt by the US to take control of the world's oil through force of arms. This policy was not set by the US Government, but by corporate elites, and is not subject to change.
The reason it won't change is because it cannot. The political economy of the US is predicated on endless growth made possible by ever-increasing use of resources and energy. Without endless growth the US ceases to function. This is already understood: It is how money works; it is how the economy is organized.
But it is an appetite that cannot be sated.
Tactics may change--in the face of failure--but the war itself will not. Like the Iraqi war, it will continue as long as the US exists. The Fates are kind.
Pipeline economics - why the Afghan pipeline will NOT be built In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
do you think the US has a finished plan to attack just any country in the world.
Isn't it common knowledge that that the military for most countries that pretend a global reach do this.
From the Military dictionary
contingency planning facilities list program
contingency planning facilities list program (DOD) A joint Defense Intelligence Agency and unified and specified command program for the production and maintenance of current target documentation of all countries of contingency planning interest to US military planners.
Clinton was concerned about Bin Laden and Al Qaeda because they bombed some embassies and a ship. Clarke was obsessed.
