Also, as for your pipeline comment, perhaps you are somewhat lacking in the reading comprehension department. The pipeline is a go. It would probably exist right now if it wasn't for the Indian, Pakistan, and Russian governments. Because of their initial reluctance, we made Iraq the primary objective and pushed Afghanistan to the secondary. Naturally the ultimate prize is all that Iranian oil.
MSNBC "Airlift of Evil"
By Michael Moran
MSNBC
NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2001 — The United States took the unprecedented step this week of demanding that foreign airlines provide information on passengers boarding planes for America. Yet in the past week, a half dozen or more Pakistani air force cargo planes landed in the Taliban-held city of Kunduz and evacuated to Pakistan hundreds of non-Afghan soldiers who fought alongside the Taliban and even al-Qaida against the United States.
Care to explain?