Obama to lay down Afghanistan exit timetable

[famousringo]

Kasz216 said:

famousringo said:

Kasz216 said:

That's the funny thing... Afghanistan doesn't even have any oil.

As I understand it, it would be a great place to run a pipeline through... if it were stable.

But I agree that energy isn't a substantial reason for the invasion of Afghanistan.

Pipeline to who?

Unless it were going through Pakistan to the east.  Which itself isn't a bastion of stability.

A little Google reveals plans for a natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan, through Afghanistan and, yes, Pakistan to deliver to India:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Afghanistan_Pipeline

There were some proposals for adding an oil pipeline:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_Oil_Pipeline

And if you want the take of the conspiracy theorists:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/sardi7.html

Pakistan was more stable back in those days, or at least seemed to be, under Musharraf.