300 families flee Afghan town before biggest offensive

Yes. Coverage regarding Monsanto and US AID hijacking the agriculture of Afghanistan. These companies present a smiling face to the public but their motives are anything but altruistic. And it is not being covered by the "mainstream" media because the military/industrial complex that runs all of our "wars" for profit also runs our media. People need to know the real reasons why their children die in the Middle Eastern sand, and it ain't for the love of "democracy." We don't even have that here.

Hey everyone,

I'm considering improving the Afghanistan News group. Are there any specific Afghanistan-related stories you would like covered that you do not think are being covered well in the press?

Please let me know and thanks for this insightful discussion.

dlamb (Current UK)

Both the wars are about "BIG OIL" and their continued existence. These two wars have been a massive bailout and out right theft of our national heritage to support "BIG OIL".

Trillions disappeared and we spent trillions to boot, and all Obama can say is "Move along, nothing to see here." What a bunch of BS!!!!!

That was a great article about Kandahar; I haven’t been there since early 03’. That was just a Tent City right outside Kandahar Airfield. We didn’t stay long and quickly mover Northeast, up toward Wapak and the Pakistan border. When I was in Kandahar is was a shit, still in ruins from the Soviets back in 89. I realize the Taliban took over the city from Sherzai in 94 and turned it into their capital. But even at its height the majority of the city lacks running water and electricity. Of course during ‘Operation Enduring Freedom” the naval used “precision guided missiles” to hit specific targets. The leveling of the city must have been from the Taliban moving out in a hurry. Anyway, though the combine efforts of the Army Corp of Engineers, Canadian Forces and the 205th Corps of the Afghan army rebuilt Kandahar and the airfield. Supplying running water, electricity, security and brought normalcy back to daily life in what is now Afghanistan’s second largest city. The whole oil pipeline was news to me but I am not surprised. I saw it first hand happen in Northern Iraq with the Kurds in 06’. It has been a success for the Kurds so far (except a bit of trouble from the Turks up north) and I can only hope the Afghan people can share in the same financial freedom the Kurds in Iraq’s northern territories are now experiencing. But, Iran is no sleeping lion. Iran is powerhouse in the Middle East and oil and natural gases are their number one exports naturally. And you know mess with someone’s money your going have a problem. I wonder what steps the Canadian Forces and the NATO International Security Force plan on doing?...great article, thanks

Good post , jan . If ya ain't got the truth , ya ain't got 'nuthin . We need to face it . Our military is a puppet to the corporations greed .

They'll never stop lying.

This is one reason why many in the middle east and around the globe view the US as lying sacks of shit and the US military as the enforcement arm of the global corporate community. It's very convenient to put on a white cowboy hat, spout freedom and democracy for all, and look at yourself in the mirror and see John Wayne. But the rest of the world only sees their resources being tapped, their houses being bombed and predator drones hunting them from the skies.

http://canadasworld.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/the-planned-tapi-pipeline-through-a...

Iran is part of this as well.

Excerpt:

'Foster mentions the possibility that Canadian companies might get construction contracts when it’s time to actually build the pipeline, although he doubts that our firms would want to work in such an insecure environment. In his view, a more important consideration is that Canadians might get drawn into protecting the pipeline, especially since it would run through Kandahar Province where our troops are deployed.

However, Foster’s report was published in June 2008, well before the surge of US troops into Afghanistan. Thousands of them are now in Kandahar, whereas our military presence is supposed to end in 2011. By the time there’s a pipeline for the Taliban to sabotage, our fighting days in Afghanistan may be over. Even should we choose to extend the mission in some form, we’ll have some American backup in Kandahar.

It’s also worth remembering that a large part of the Taliban’s motivation for attacking the pipeline would be its value to the Afghan government. Foster mentions a study suggesting that “transit fees” (which I assume means money paid to Afghanistan by the other TAPI governments for the privilege of transporting gas through Afghan territory) could amount to $160 million (US?) per year. This may sound like pocket change by the standards of Canadian federal budgets, but it would be an enormous contribution to Afghanistan’s economy.

TAPI would be bad for Iran, which is a genuine shame, and it might someday get Canadian troops into a few more firefights. But handled properly, it would be very good for Afghanistan, a country we would like to see succeed. Perhaps that’s an adequate reason for Canadians to welcome TAPI – but the main thing is to be aware that the New Great Game is afoot.'