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For what purpose do you believe we went into Afghanistan? For their opium? [Edit: Afghanistan, not Iraq.]
by tkahn6 16y ago
For what purpose do you believe we went into Afghanistan?
For their opium?
[Edit: Afghanistan, not Iraq.]
- baguasquirrel 16y agoIt is a pretty strategic location on the Silk Road, that's for sure.
- hga 16y agoWhich in an era where silk and the like goods travel by container ship means...? ... OK, if not for the instability it would be useful for pipelines, but what else? (Serious question.)
- Aetius 16y agoFirstly, because we had a valid pretext for war (Taliban et al). But very important too is the fact that wars are profitable. And not from a resource standpoint; war production itself (e.g. weapons manufacturers, engineering firms to rebuild, etc) is highly lucrative and there certainly were agents lobbying on behalf of those companies, and pivoting themselves to be in a position to provide services "in the event of a conflict". That resources were actually discovered during occupation is just icing on the cake.