Comments on: Where the Taliban Gets Their Money

By: Cous Cous

Cous Cous — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:15:47 +0000

The same thing happens in all hopeless guerrilla wars. People take the easy money and offer penance to avoid being killed for collaborating. The puppet police in Iraq have been giving the guerrillas money and weapons since the beginning.

Ironically, this means that the guerrillas will always have an infinite supply of weapons as long as the Americans keep trying to make the quislings fight the guerrillas.

By: richard vajs

richard vajs — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:36:57 +0000

To continue with this metaphor; suppose the owner of the pizza joint in Queens objects so strongly to having to buy his olive oil and mozz from some guy named Carmine rather than getting it at a discount from Costco, that the owner is willing to risk his kneecaps to take a stand. If he gets real lucky and gets rid of Carmine, what’s to say that he won’t soon get a visit from some other guy named Vito?

PS. This is apropos to nothing but I’ve just got to say this – straight all my life, but now I have a man crush like you wouldn’t believe for some Iraqi journalist.

By: Lester Ness

Lester Ness — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:12:23 +0000

It does not please the vanity of those of our fearless leaders who want to be the ape with the biggest, reddest behind. Nor does it appear to speed of the Rapture for that 25-30% of Americans who take that seriously.

Lester Ness
Kunming
China

By: wadosy

wadosy — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:15:54 +0000

replacement link for dead map link, above

By: Vassili

Vassili — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:27:37 +0000

easy – 1 billion :-)
or maybe…. 3 or 5 ?

By: Usama Bin Goldstein

Usama Bin Goldstein — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:41:22 +0000

Some of the “anti-war” sentiments here are focused on the ineffectiveness of American/NATO military tactics, but they do not question the criminal nature of their “good war.”

Just like the American aggression against Iraq, the USA/NATO invasion of Afghanistan is also based upon lies and deception, which are actually greater than “Weapons of Mass Destruction.”

This fundamental American lie is called the War on Terrorism–which is not about fighting terrorism. The true agenda is about advancing global American dominance in general and control of Central Asian/Caspian energy resources and transit corridors in particular.

Getting former CIA asset Usama Bin Laden and “Al-Queda” was just the USA’s pretext, its casus belli for launching this global war without end.

Perhaps, that’s one reason why the supposed mastermind of 9-11 has never been killed or captured. He is much more useful to the USA as a kind of external hate figure in US domestic policy and as a geopolitical stalking horse in US foreign policy.

By: Lear K

Lear K — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:04:53 +0000

NATO: 4 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan
http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5454447

6 Afghan police, civilian killed in mistaken U.S. strike

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081210.wafghandead1210/BNStory/Afghanistan/home

By: Corkey

Corkey — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:52:05 +0000

Yep, when in doubt, add another pipe section. Thats Shrub (Bush) for ya.

By: Phonk

Phonk — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:57:58 +0000

The three stooges Plumbing fits brilliantly with Bushiiiiit agenda for the whole planet
I recommend it to the audience of these pages.

By: Phonk

Phonk — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:38:51 +0000

PNAC AIPAC Congress CIA and Pentagon are all hooked up with all sorts of business including drugs.
Afghanistan meets all kind of business if secured by the gullible nato allies.
When you see congress approving the invasion of both Iraq and Afghanistan to an ousider it seemed so immoral but to the Americans it makes sense because congress approved it.
Iran in the other hand is so unfortunate because it is sandwitched between both invaded nations that’s where the nuclear card is a must adding to that Israel made itself a target wether Iran likes it or not.
Syria is also as unfortunate as Iran because it is between Iraq Israel Lebanon and the Palestinians.
Syria & Iran have to pay the price for being able to see everything that can go in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
They can make life harder for the invaders.
PNAC AIPAC Congress CIA and Pentagon are making profit from their business ventures, US healthcare, infrastructure and other business not related to war profit suffered hugely as a results of neglect by the government.
if a trillion spent on war went to internal US businesses, infrastructure and institutions, USA primarily and the world would experience the present economic problems.
US soldiers are the one who are supporting the constitutionalised mafia that looks after their interest only and not US public interest.
You reap what you sew.

By: Lear K

Lear K — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:22:29 +0000

From about 1935 until the stationing of American troops in suadia Arabia,the Suadies were the biggest supporters of the US among Arab countries.Thousands of Americans worked and made big money ,American cars were the ones that the Suadies imported ,and American companies were the dominate ones.When many Suadies protested and voiced their objection to having American troops on their soil,they were arrested and put in prison in order to silence them when the US government demanded.The US wanted to have its troops stay for ever in Suadia Arabia after the Gulf war 1.The rest is history.

Some people should look in the mirror ,before start pointing fingers at others.It might take them a very long time to cleans their hands of the blood of so many people.

By: wadosy

wadosy — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:21:07 +0000

sean says, “…the Saudis, with their 3rd century mentality and general backwardness, are the most responsible for killing the Americans…”

…and saudis have come right out and said they intend to establish “benevolent global hegemony”, and have demonstrated that benevolence by, so far, causing the deaths of maybe a million people.

oops! sorry… that was the israeli americans…

…and their Project for the New American Century has only begun… what do you spose the total death toll will be once they’ve finally achieved their global benevolence?