Photos from pre-Taliban Afghanistan

[Dirty_Jerz]

Because Afghanistan is between Europe and Asia. People want to control that region for trading and influence.

Why would that matter in the modern technological world?

 

[African Peasant]

Judge the state of a country on 3 pics, breh.

 

[African Peasant]

Why would that matter in the modern technological world?

What's a "technological world" ?

 

[Prynce]

Why would that matter in the modern technological world?

Afghanistan is still a important place for spreading influence in the middle east.

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

What's a "technological world" ?

??? Industrialization and post.

 

[Ahmad 89]

Why would that matter in the modern technological world?

My friend, the above is true.

This article gives a nice little summary - http://prorev.com/2009/08/why-is-afghanistan-so-important.html

Also consider, the major player in this is Pakistan. In their battle against India, having control of Afghanistan is gold.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

you should see pre CIA/Churchill Iran....Mossadegh was that dude

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Shah's_Men

All The Shahs Men is a great book on how we destroyed the Iran we pray for today

Yea I usually ask about Mossadegh when I want to shut my conservative homies up on the ME

History will not look back on our dealings in the ME kindly if its allowed to be honest

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

Afghanistan is still a important place for spreading influence in the middle east.

What is so important about influencing a small piece of land?

My friend, the above is true.

This article gives a nice little summary - http://prorev.com/2009/08/why-is-afghanistan-so-important.html

Also consider, the major player in this is Pakistan. In their battle against India, having control of Afghanistan is gold.

I know they have oil. Saying it's about trading and influence doesn't say to me it's about oil.

When did the world learn of afghanistans oil reserve though?

 

[Prynce]

What is so important about influencing a small piece of land?

Its not about influencing Afghanistan its about influencing the middle east. Also Afghanistan is a important place for both Islam and Buddhism. Which is important when there are over a billion muslims and Buddhists. Western powers need a country like destablized Afghanistan because it has a weak and easy to manipulate government. Ultimately its about money and power.

 

[African Peasant]

What is so important about influencing a small piece of land?

Let me try a theory.

The silk road ?

Afg is the major road in order to move goods and people between Asia and Europe. So if you control it, you control a vast volume of exchange. Plus, you can block China exporting or importing goods.

 

[African Peasant]

Plus, Pakistan want to control Afg in order to have "strategic depth" in war against India.

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

Its not about influencing Afghanistan its about influencing the middle east. Also Afghanistan is a important place for both Islam and Buddhism. Which is important when there are over a billion muslims and Buddhists. Western powers need a country like destablized Afghanistan because it has a weak and easy to manipulate government. Ultimately its about money and power.

So when afghanistan thinks the middle east does? Interesting. Why would governments worry about religion? What religion was/is the soviet union or the united states? Islamic and buddhist?

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

Let me try a theory.

The silk road ?

Afg is the major road in order to move goods and people between Asia and Europe. So if you control it, you control a vast volume of exchange. Plus, you can block China exporting or importing goods.

I already said "technological", meaning post industrial. What is a road to the sky and the seas?

 

[Prynce]

So when afghanistan thinks the middle east does?

breh they need it to spread propaganda and that is easy to do with a weak country as your base of operations in a important region of the world.

Religion is very important to a lot of people and using religion to spread propaganda is very easy.

 

[African Peasant]

I already said "technological", meaning post industrial. What is a road to the sky and the seas?

The only post industrial world is the West.