TED talk: Afghanistan

**Toker** · 05-31-12, 04:18 PM

TED Blog | Time to end the war in Afghanistan: Rory Stewart on TED.com

/agree

**Xavsnipe** · 05-31-12, 07:11 PM

THat´s exactly what I´m saying, just more eloquently and clearly put with a dash of sophisticated accent.

**deathgodusmc** · 05-31-12, 07:15 PM

Yet i dont see any of you looking to buy a home in this area that we have completed our task. Odd dont ya think?

**Xavsnipe** · 05-31-12, 07:23 PM

I bought 2 goats and 1 mud townhouse, 2 blocks away from the market in the Uruzgan Province.

**deathgodusmc** · 05-31-12, 07:25 PM

I believe you bought two goats but i think its to get a little strange.

**deputyfestus** · 05-31-12, 07:52 PM

I'm all for ending the war but I don't believe Mr Stewart see's the big picture or maybe he does. It's all about the usual culprit M O N E Y and who's gonna get the lion's share of it.

United States Secretary of State Hillary "We came, we saw, he died" Clinton's message to Pakistan was stark; try to go ahead with the IP (Iran-Pakistan) gas pipeline, and we're going to take you out financially.

Islamabad, its economy in tatters, living in power-cut land, and desperate for energy, tried to argue. Pakistan's top official in the Petroleum and Natural Resources Ministry, Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry, stressed that the 2,775-km, $1.5 billion IP was absolutely crucial for Pakistan's energy security.

That fell on deaf ears. Clinton evoked "particularly damaging" sanctions - tied to Washington's push to isolate Iran by all means available and the no-holds-barred campaign to force particularlyAsia Times Online :: War, Pipelineistan-style

We've

already seen

Pipelineistan wars in Kosovo and Georgia, and we've followed Washington's favorite pipeline, the BTC, which was supposed to tilt the flow of energy westward, sending oil coursing past both Iran and Russia. Things didn't quite turn out that way, but we've got to move on, the New Great Game never stops. Now, it's time to grasp just what the Asian Energy Security Grid is all about, visit a surreal natural gas republic, and understand why that Grid is so deeply implicated in the Af-Pak war.

Pipeline-Istan: Everything You Need to Know About Oil, Gas, Russia, China, Iran, Afghanistan and Obama | World | AlterNet

**Toker** · 05-31-12, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

Yet i dont see any of you looking to buy a home in this area that we have completed our task. Odd dont ya think?

What?

**deathgodusmc** · 05-31-12, 08:24 PM

Seemed like a fairly simple statement to me.

**Toker** · 05-31-12, 08:25 PM

Why aren't we all moving to Afghanistan now?

**deathgodusmc** · 05-31-12, 08:29 PM

I dont remember seeing anything about anyone making a mad dash to move to this area. If things were done dont you think there would be at least 1 article from somewhere? Christ when things started to get bad here i remember articles of illegals going back home. Yet nothing here other then we've spent enough money time to go.