Ah, the grand America strategy: to makeover the world in our image and to control every natural resource, including people, within its boundaries behind the veil of democracy.

The US long-term goal is to have access to Afghanistan’s natural resources: coal, iron ore, copper ore, gemstones, natural gas, and oil. These are the same reasons Russia invaded Afghanistan back in 1979.

The American ruling elite have a much better control over the tools to keep us there than did the Russians. The American media has been used to systematically cover-up the real economic and strategic interests that underlie the war, in order to sustain the pretense that the war emerged overnight, full-blown, in resp...

Ah, the grand America strategy: to makeover the world in our image and to control every natural resource, including people, within its boundaries behind the veil of democracy.

The US long-term goal is to have access to Afghanistan’s natural resources: coal, iron ore, copper ore, gemstones, natural gas, and oil. These are the same reasons Russia invaded Afghanistan back in 1979.

The American ruling elite have a much better control over the tools to keep us there than did the Russians. The American media has been used to systematically cover-up the real economic and strategic interests that underlie the war, in order to sustain the pretense that the war emerged overnight, full-blown, in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11. It was actually planned long before 9/11.

The claim of hunting Osama bin laden was a convenient ruse, some conspiracy theorists say he was used as a patsy for the Sept 11 attacks by American top officials, to garner patriotic support for attacking Afghanistan. It worked.

Keeping in mind that the US supported Iraq in its war against Iran and then believe that the US ousted Saddam Hussein because he was no longer ‘useful’ to America’s long-term goals and it becomes a little more clear that the US wants the oil reserves in Central Asia.

The American military with the support of America’s ‘patriotic fever’ and the idea that democracy should spread wherever it can are but tools of the ruling elite to remain wealthy and powerful.

You have to keep in mind that the US government, as any government who wants to remain in power for the long haul, has to plan its moves years and even decades into the future. Pitfalls and set backs will inevitably occur and sometimes these ‘accidentally’ happen to further the plan.

Check out this article for some interesting insight : http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/nov2001/afgh-n20.shtml