Taliban of course, if those idiots hadn't been driving Afghan back into the stone age with there lunatic activities, bush probably wouldn't have attacked them. I believe that most because 9/11 was carried out by Saudi Arabians and Egyptians, also Bin Laden stated he didn't plan those attacks, Bush clearly had business dealing with Laden's family, and Laden was much more involved in Yemen than anything else. There is still no creditable evidence that he was killed in the alleged raid in the Pakistan compound either. In that matter the remaining Black Hawk that was apparently able to carry 24 people including its crew of four the remaining only remaining helicopter, would have had to have carried out 32 or 34 + one dog, and have then bothered to carry off a dead peace of meat just so they could dump Bin Laden's body in the ocean. Anyway just before Bush's air force unit was to be deployed in Vietnam during the Vietnam war, Bush went off to Mexico until his daddy fetched him back, that person put the commander in chief shirt on and attacked Afghanistan, however the Taliban from Pakistan brought the war upon the Afghan people
robplum: Taliban of course, if those idiots hadn't been driving Afghan back into the stone age with there lunatic activities, bush probably wouldn't have attacked them. I believe that most because 9/11 was carried out by Saudi Arabians and Egyptians, also Bin Laden stated he didn't plan those attacks, Bush clearly had business dealing with Laden's family, and Laden was much more involved in Yemen than anything else. There is still no creditable evidence that he was killed in the alleged raid in the Pakistan compound either. In that matter the remaining Black Hawk that was apparently able to carry 24 people including its crew of four the remaining only remaining helicopter, would have had to have carried out 32 or 34 + one dog, and have then bothered to carry off a dead peace of meat just so they could dump Bin Laden's body in the ocean. Anyway just before Bush's air force unit was to be deployed in Vietnam during the Vietnam war, Bush went off to Mexico until his daddy fetched him back, that person put the commander in chief shirt on and attacked Afghanistan, however the Taliban from Pakistan brought the war upon the Afghan people
There are strategic interests in the zone, besides the opium which financed the combattant groups.
robplum: Taliban of course, if those idiots hadn't been driving Afghan back into the stone age with there lunatic activities, bush probably wouldn't have attacked them. I believe that most because 9/11 was carried out by Saudi Arabians and Egyptians, also Bin Laden stated he didn't plan those attacks, Bush clearly had business dealing with Laden's family, and Laden was much more involved in Yemen than anything else. There is still no creditable evidence that he was killed in the alleged raid in the Pakistan compound either. In that matter the remaining Black Hawk that was apparently able to carry 24 people including its crew of four the remaining only remaining helicopter, would have had to have carried out 32 or 34 + one dog, and have then bothered to carry off a dead peace of meat just so they could dump Bin Laden's body in the ocean. Anyway just before Bush's air force unit was to be deployed in Vietnam during the Vietnam war, Bush went off to Mexico until his daddy fetched him back, that person put the commander in chief shirt on and attacked Afghanistan, however the Taliban from Pakistan brought the war upon the Afghan people
I would think Bin laden, the Afghan Taliban and the Northern Alliance. Bin Laden got too big for its breaches and the Taliban didn't have all of the nation's approval in keeping the country in the stone age. The Taliban were proud to have Bin Laden in their cause, but they didn't have the common sense to throw him out after 9/11. As to the body of Bin laden, it was imperative to take him away as he would have been revered as a martyr if buried in the region by its delusional followers and serve as propaganda. Many people died in 9/11, including Muslims. So, saying that they fought because of the murder of innocent Muslims was a lie. Bin Laden and the Taliban wanted to exert power and control using religion by interpreting the Holy Book.
May Bin Laden find his proper place, Hell or Paradise, it is not up to us now. Speaking in the name of God will not automatically give him a place in Paradise for sure.
I would think Bin laden, the Afghan Taliban and the Northern Alliance. Bin Laden got too big for its breaches and the Taliban didn't have all of the nation's approval in keeping the country in the stone age. The Taliban were proud to have Bin Laden in their cause, but they didn't have the common sense to throw him out after 9/11. As to the body of Bin laden, it was imperative to take him away as he would have been revered as a martyr if buried in the region by its delusional followers and serve as propaganda. Many people died in 9/11, including Muslims. So, saying that they fought because of the murder of innocent Muslims was a lie. Bin Laden and the Taliban wanted to exert power and control using religion by interpreting the Holy Book.
May Bin Laden find his proper place, Hell or Paradise, it is not up to us now. Speaking in the name of God will not automatically give him a place in Paradise for sure.
The Northern Alliance was leaded by anti-soviet resistants and fought the taliban too, sometimes with western support.
Hi Guzman, Yes, you are right and they were used by the US to push out the Taliban. The Northern Force's Commander, Ahmad Shah Massoud was later assassinated.
robplum: Taliban of course, if those idiots hadn't been driving Afghan back into the stone age with there lunatic activities, bush probably wouldn't have attacked them. I believe that most because 9/11 was carried out by Saudi Arabians and Egyptians, also Bin Laden stated he didn't plan those attacks, Bush clearly had business dealing with Laden's family, and Laden was much more involved in Yemen than anything else. There is still no creditable evidence that he was killed in the alleged raid in the Pakistan compound either. In that matter the remaining Black Hawk that was apparently able to carry 24 people including its crew of four the remaining only remaining helicopter, would have had to have carried out 32 or 34 + one dog, and have then bothered to carry off a dead peace of meat just so they could dump Bin Laden's body in the ocean. Anyway just before Bush's air force unit was to be deployed in Vietnam during the Vietnam war, Bush went off to Mexico until his daddy fetched him back, that person put the commander in chief shirt on and attacked Afghanistan, however the Taliban from Pakistan brought the war upon the Afghan people
I think you could blame the Taliban if the US invaded to help the Afghan people. But they didn't. You could also blame the Taliban if the US went to war with every repressive disgusting regieme in the world. But it doesn't!
The war in Afghanistan has nothing to do with the Taliban at all. They were an excuse. The mineral reserves the country has and its strategic location to bring gas from east to west is the only reason for the invasion.
On February 12, 1998, John J. Maresca, vice president, international relations for UNOCAL oil company, testified before the US House of Representatives, Committee on International Relations. Maresca provided information to Congress on Central Asia oil and gas reserves and how they might shape US foreign policy. UNOCAL's problem? As Maresca said: "How to get the region's vast energy resources to the markets." The oil reserves are in areas north of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia. Routes for a pipeline were proposed that would transport oil on a 42-inch pipe southward thru Afghanistan for 1040 miles to the Pakistan coast. Such a pipeline would cost about $2.5 billion and carry about 1 million barrels of oil per day.
Maresca told Congress then that: "It's not going to be built until there is a single Afghan government. That's the simple answer."
bungallow55: Afghanistanis, they are the one to blame, with their sectarian internal war.
So the US invaded because of their internal war? So with all the internal wars going on in the world why Afghanistan? Did GW Bush put a pin in a map of the world.
sofarsogood74: So the US invaded because of their internal war? So with all the internal wars going on in the world why Afghanistan? Did GW Bush put a pin in a map of the world.
Hey, you forgot to mentioned the Russians They invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Probably, you weren't around. Do not forget the sectarian war in Ireland.
bungallow55: Hey, you forgot to mentioned the Russians They invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Probably, you weren't around. Do not forget the sectarian war in Ireland.
yep,good question! What were the Russians doing there? Especially since all the Surveys mentioned in the US-Congress were done by the USSR!
For millenia, Afghanistan has been for all the Bonaparte out there a land to conquer. And all of them failed. Let the afghanistanis, kill themselves, problem solve.
Look forward people...look forward. In 2014....most of the US troops will be out. They are still deciding a what level of security forces to leave for....10....20.....30.....40 .....50+ years. NATO is still deciding the level of their forces to leave for 10.....20....30....40 .....50+ years.
So the one things we can be assured of....there will drones in the skies of Afghanistan and Pakistan....for the next 1/2 century.
Illegally violating the Air space,of those 2 countries,for 1/2 century. Great. and this sound legal to you?????.-
TTom50: Look forward people...look forward. In 2014....most of the US troops will be out. They are still deciding a what level of security forces to leave for....10....20.....30.....40 .....50+ years. NATO is still deciding the level of their forces to leave for 10.....20....30....40 .....50+ years.
So the one things we can be assured of....there will drones in the skies of Afghanistan and Pakistan....for the next 1/2 century.
bungallow55: Hey, you forgot to mentioned the Russians They invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Probably, you weren't around. Do not forget the sectarian war in Ireland.
I didn't forgot to mention the Russians...why would I mention them in a thread that asks who is responsible for the Afghan war? Are you blaming the Russians for the US invasion? It seems to be everyones fault except the invaders.
And there was no sectarian war in Ireland. There were protestants who were Republican and Catholics who were Unionists. There still are! It was a conflict between people who wanted a United Ireland and people who wanted to remain in the UK. I suggest you brush up on your Irish history. But being from the US you probably couldn't find Ireland on a map.
sofarsogood74: I didn't forgot to mention the Russians...why would I mention them in a thread that asks who is responsible for the Afghan war? Are you blaming the Russians for the US invasion? It seems to be everyones fault except the invaders.
And there was no sectarian war in Ireland. There were protestants who were Republican and Catholics who were Unionists. There still are! It was a conflict between people who wanted a United Ireland and people who wanted to remain in the UK. I suggest you brush up on your Irish history. But being from the US you probably couldn't find Ireland on a map.
Yes, put the blame on politics, you people have a sectarian war in Ireland; Protestant and Catholics, how do you called that In Ireland? I mentioned the Russians, beacuse everyone is putting the blame in America. But Afghanistan, is bee-honey-land for all conquerors out there.Once America leave, China will take over, Pakistan and Afghanistan.I hope you condend the Chinese too.
bungallow55: Yes, put the blame on politics, you people have a sectarian war in Ireland; Protestant and Catholics, how do you called that In Ireland? I mentioned the Russians, beacuse everyone is putting the blame in America. But Afghanistan, is bee-honey-land for all conquerors out there.Once America leave, China will take over, Pakistan and Afghanistan.I hope you condend the Chinese too.
This really hasn't anything to do with the original question..
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