----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Devine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Though I find the oil connection to be much more plausible to the current > "splendid little war" than to the war against Serbia, there's one snag: if > the US wins and then builds a pipeline through Afghanistan, it will have to > be guarded with a lot of troops (paid for by guess who?) It's hard to > imagine that the remnants of the Taliban and the splits from the Northern > Alliance and from other groups will simply go away. This is a country > that's perfect for "informal warfare," while pipelines are easy to destroy. ========= Exactly what's going on in parts of Africa right now too, except US taxpayers aren't financing the US military to defend the pipelines. They may be funding others to do so and not know it. Ian
