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Originally Posted by Rochard
Your asking the right questions...
1) Why? No one can give me a good reason. There's no fucking oil in Afghanistan, and the potential pipeline they talk about STILL hasn't been built. No one wanted to invade Afghanistan.
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"In 2010, US and Afghan government officials estimated that untapped mineral deposits located in 2007 by the US Geological Survey are worth between $900 bn and $3 trillion"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan
It also makes attacking Iran a lot easier