What is our mission in Afghanistan?

[IFBBwannaB]

From 1998 thru spring of 2001, Dick Cheney at haliburton worked with the state dept to negotiate with the taleban (the ruling party of afghanistan) for oil and gas drilling rights.

True or false, Benny?

How many Trillion Gaziilion Billion barrels were they negotiation about? 

[240 is Back]

How many Trillion Gaziilion Billion barrels were they negotiation about? 

shut up.

benny, true or false?

[IFBBwannaB]

shut up.

benny, true or false?

You said something, proved wrong, once again, now either admit it or counterclaim it.
If you won't you will only prove again what a coward and a liar you are.

[IFBBwannaB]

Bumpy bump bump 

[Benny B]

From 1998 thru spring of 2001, Dick Cheney at haliburton worked with the state dept to negotiate with the taleban (the ruling party of afghanistan) for oil and gas drilling rights.

True or false, Benny?

What's that got to do with the cost of tea in China, jackass?
Are you saying that America always negotiates with nations and governments before we invade them for their "resources?" Why invade Afghanistan for pipelines to oil when you were in the planning stages to invade Iraq and have direct access to oilfields. That would only make sense if you were a dumb ass conspiracy theorist without access to all of the facts. O course, I'd never say that about you, 240. 

[Benny B]

shut up.

benny, true or false?

I recently finished the Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright. Oddly enough, despite the accolades received by this book, it has not received the attention in the truth community as David Ray Griffin's New Pearl Harbor or even Kevin Barrett's Truth Jihad, so I figured I would review it here.

The book essentially covers the history of Islamic terrorism in the 20th century in general, from the post WWII era leading up to 9/11, and Al Qaeda in specific. One of the themes of the book is the reluctance of government agencies to share intelligence between each other. The CIA refused to share intel with the FBI because they were afraid it would interfere with their intelligence operations, and the FBI would be afraid to share intel with the CIA because it might interfere with their criminal cases. The most famous example of this is where the CIA knew that two Al Qaeda members, who would turn out to be hijackers, were in the country, but they failed to tell the FBI or INS about it. The problem was so bad that investigators would literally play Pink Floyd's "The Wall" during telephone calls in mocking tribute to this barrier.
Another interesting point is where Wright points out the decentralized nature of Al Qaeda. Bin Laden certainly founded Al Qaeda, provided much of its ideology and focus, as well as funding some of its operations, and training, but he was not involved in most of its operations. In fact there is very little tying bin Laden directly to any terrorist attack, although there is much evidence regarding Al Qaeda as a whole. He did apparently sign off on the 9/11 attacks, and was aware of when it would occur, but was not directly involved otherwise.
As I mentioned previously regarding Terry McDermott's Perfect Soldiers, the most striking thing about books of this quality and depth, is the amount of work that goes into them. In the appendix Wright lists 6+ pages just of people he interviewed.





David Ray Griffin has written 5 books on the subject of 9/11, two of which I have read completely, and I can't think of a single person (other than other conspiracy theorists) that he has interviewed. One can't even imagine a conspiracy theorists going to this extensive length, talking to hundreds of witnesses in dozens of countries, to investigate a story. Heck, when Kevin Barrett unsuccessfully tried to interview a single person in Morocco it drew widespread attention in the truther community, because it was the first time any of them had attempted even that meager effort.

[Benny B]

List them.



We're talking 20 trillion barrels under afghanistan (known and saleable) and 50 trillion under Iraq.  And if we have them, that's 70 trillion in the bank the other guy (russia and china) do not have.

If you know of any resource in the world worth more than ten trillion barrels of oil, let's hear it   In the util sense, 2 small wars in order to control the biggest stash of oil in the world is well worth it.

The Looming Tower
Understanding the unthinkable

This book connects the dots.

It answers the question of why 9/11 happened.

It weaves together the many diverse strands from Arabia, Yemmen, Egypt, Sudan, Afghanistan, Germany, and the US, that lead to both al-Queda, and the bombing of the Twin Towers.

You see the final tapestry, and say, Aha!

The depth of the international research supporting the book is astounding.

Every page is full of news.

I was stunned, both by how much intelligence insiders knew of Bin Laden, and how much the agencies failed to act on that knowledge.

The book traces the saga of the Bin Laden family, the trajectory of Osama, who was a hero in Islam long before the Towers, the role of the heretics who influenced him, the fierce persecutions these radicals faced in their home country, the sad, tragic turf wars, and cultural ignorance in the US, that blinded us to the looming disaster.

This book will make you realize how ignorant we STILL are.

[headhuntersix]

Thank U JAMIE GERELICK.