well Michael Moore talked about it of course but I hadn't heard anything about it either. Got curious and googled -- found this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Afghanistan_Pipeline I have not tried to check any of its facts. Consider this a driveby contribution to the discussion, gotta go. > I've read some things about a natural gas pipeline that was proposed, but > never saw any evidence of it while I was there, and haven't really heard > anything about it since. Yes the contract companies made money there, but > I don't think that was a main motivator for the invasion. > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > exactly the only greed factor I can see is with KBR, but during that > > time period they didn't have the same presence as they did in Iraq. I > > think Tim can enlighten us on that - he was there. > > > > But the only real money to be made in Afghanistan are with opium and > weed. > > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:00 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I guess I don't see the greed motivation in Afghanistan, share? > > > > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> Greed was the motive. Revenge was the justification. Bush's > trifecta. > > >> > > >> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:51 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > I guess i disagree...at least initially. Initially, it was all about > > >> > revenge. Money certainly became a factor soon thereafter, though. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351310 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
