It's right next to China and Iran. So it represented a geopolitical pincer attack on Iran to get to their oil. Which, you know, mattered about twenty years ago.

It's right next to China and Iran. So it represented a geopolitical pincer attack on Iran to get to their oil. Which, you know, mattered about twenty years ago. Afghanistan has a ton of natural resources that the West wanted to exploit. And of course, China was right next door, so yet another geopolitical game of ta thorn in their side.