Afghan war not about self-defence

[xibalba1980]

is it true that democracy is about freedom???? or is a conditioned freedom??? why is the US (as well as other european countries)so interested on finish or banne islam and arab countries??? arent you tired of living in such a Babylon like country???? the worst thing is that the whole population believes what the f*ckin TV or the newspapers tell them...US CITIZENS ARE SO DEEP IN THE MATRIX

[ryansachtleben]

this ladys a wack job

[ryansachtleben]

if they shot down a airliner we would be in more debt than we are now

[eckyspondoolie]

Russia, China, Iran defeat U.S. in the “pipeline wars”

While the West kills thousands of civilians in Afghanistan and Pakistan and ravages both countries, Russia, China and Iran are acquiring the crucial energy riches of Central Asia and the Caspian area without firing a shot.

[sutton123454]

@eckyspondoolie Till U.S invades Iran.

[sowiesosso]

what a bogus statement of unity just after 9-11. In europe on the streets most people thought that the Americans just getting paid for their warmongaring. This woman spreads disinformation. She has no knowledge from own experience, on the contrary she is a controlled corporate drone. Regurgatating other corporate media and irrelevant cherry-picked statistics to "prove" her point. This is how evil-americans look; basicly it is war-propaganda. Solutions nowadays exclude all Americans. STAY HOME

[EllyMcCormack]

@sowiesosso Do you have any evidence proving or indicating that Phyllis Bennis is a 'corporate drone'?

[Downfurlife]

WOOOOO!!!! Wait, wait, wait? At about 12:00 whoever this female is said Afgan had no resources. It was recently reported that is 100% false. There is said to be over a trillion dollars worth of 'unfarmed' materials there. Despite this report being recent it is fairly common sense that these facts were known about WELL before Dec, 7 2009. While I was enjoying this video "real news" and this woman just lost a lot of creditability there. It is weird - life. All news is full of shit?

[sultar881]

usa will die from oil!!

[oeyesea]

The best way to end "the war against terrorism" is to eliminate the Saudi royal family.

This salafi/ waheebi Islam is furthered by the Saudi royals in order to divert attention from themselves to others i.e. Israel and the USA. We never heard Bush speak about promoting democracy in Saudi.

[smokesforlunch13]

Liberals are annoying, just look at this woman. Pretty much an instant punch.

[slayyyyn]

lol funny how she talks bout womens right in this conflict. its hardly the issue.

[SKERLOK]

you all are debating this an that, but you miss the real reason behind the war---we the people, when this war starts, need to take the munitions we are supplied with, and turn against our own commanders---then to join up with our so called enemy and help then kill theirs---then we will know what true freedom is--freedom from the elitest tyrants--the banksters that enslave us, the police who are merely a buffer between us and our oppressors--let the elitists arm us, it will be against them

[SKERLOK]

the wars that have been fought over the last 2000 years, for the most part, have been for keeping the masses at bay--population contro and reduction--living in fear of an opposing enemy--- brittain and france fought over the same parcel of land for hundreds of years but never took over the main countries when they could have---the elites are using the next war to gain absolute control over the masses and to reduce the population of men by the hundreds of millions, ultimately, billions

[SKERLOK]

this protgram wants to portray itself as an alternative to regular media--absoutely not--both these people are eggplants-- they support all the ideas of our government propaganda lke 9/11- but they try and make it look like they oppose iran--but they are deceiving the veiwers to the bigger picture, that the war with iran is a staged war, exactly as wwi and wwii-- the death is real, the truth behind the war is not, this 3rd ww is no different, just furthering the strength of th controlling elite

[SKERLOK]

lol, 3000 people died in 9 11 , 3000 people murdered by a us conspiracey--look at the evidence--one week before the attack a 1 billion dollar insurance was put on the towers, that cost 15 million to buy--2 weeks, not 2 years, not 40 years, 2 weaksr--why so sudden-- the man made a pretty good turn over wouldnt you say--if i put 200k insureance on my house and a week later my house burned down, you think someone might get suspiscioius, especially when the policy was specific or terrorist attack

[TheSlaveeen]

are u kidding me? the war is all about self defense. 3000 people died on 9/11, if that never happened we wouldnt be there anyway. thats the bottom line, it has nothing to do with oil or gas or any b/s like that.

[unorthodoxcs1]

Im buying her book

[ChaosOps]

And what carbage was all this about self-defense. Is someone hits me, I hit him back, always. Thats the most simplest way to discribe, "self-Defense". And is nonsense to say, that terrorists attacked a country, but this is not enough to justify a armed response... Yeah right...

[ChaosOps]

So if someone attacks your country you are not supposed to do anything about it... ?

And ofcourse there is people who are against the war. And always is going to be, absolutely mattering NONE, what has happened. There is always going to be people who more likely runaway from usa or any other country than fight for it, their countrys I mean.

[NathanZackery]

The titles of the Real News videos are really misleading. If anyone's wondering, the next one is 'India, Pakistan and a regional solution.'

[jawadad802]

thanx!

[seyoumeye]

Beside the on going religion brainwashing, the drug business is much more attractive and profitable in the lands of  Afghanistan as it was the oil in Iraq...so, more unarmed civilian killing again...our corporate are really run by sick people.

[chapaev36]

Where's part 3? Can you guys make more clear titles please?

[webmacho]

what is wrong with this guy why is he looking at people like that?

[Igentenos]

thank you RealNews for bringing us what main stream media will not.

[Igentenos]

isnt it all for control of the oil? set up bases all over the middle east and pillage their land?

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

Hey, be fair, it's not all about oil. What about gas? :)

[milofonbil]

There is no oil or gas in Afghanistan.

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

Not necessarily IN Afghanistan, but the famous gas pipeline from neighbouring "stans" is still favoured by the US to go through Afghanistan rather than say, Iran.

[milofonbil]

@NicosNicosNicosNicos Perhaps the war is to *prevent* a pipeline from Turkmenistan to China. Maybe that's why the Taliban are supplied Chinese weapons.

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

If that was so, it's no less a crime to mess up and invade a country over control of resources, is it?

[milofonbil]

I agree, a $700 billion dollar a year war to supposedly round-up 400 or so Al Qaeda guys and now all of the Taliban that harbored the is ridiculous.

[CyborgNinja117]

Its more about natural gas pipelines for Afghanistan.

[pubicsprout]

i.e, Ameriican/Anglo aggressive neoliberal western foreign policy...

[milofonbil]

i.e. Neocons

[tstm89]

Thank you Real News you are doing amazing work! Everyone who enjoyed this should donate. Its time the MSM narrative is given a solid challenge.

[blackiron60]

Brzezinski should be shot for what he has done. He has the blood of millions of Afghanis on his hands.

[JixMa]

"Afghan war not about self-defence"

Why in the hell does everyone these days say "Afghan" instead of Afghani" as the adjective to describe people and things from Afghanistan? An afghan is a freakin' shawl or a carpet!

[JESUSSDAD]

it dont matter we know what it means . u could waste a lifetime correcting grammar and spelling on the web.

[sircesare]

you guys need to connect every single part to the other either by a response video or with a link on the side so i can finish watching the damn interview it drives me crazy when i can not follow it and i have to search for 10 minutes to find part 2 of a part 4 interview...

[sharpsteve2003]

+1 to what sircesare said

[btigtime2]

Okay, this woman knows what she is talking about.

[restlys]

classifying the events in these two grossly oversimplified categories tells me your actually quite uninformed about the way things work.

[plavi99]

this woman bending the facts so much make me think that she isn't on the balls at all

[Arkinight]

/watch?v=mYCndSXY_fY

"A powerful state does not want authorization".

[JohnFrancis25]

This woman is anti-christian muslim loving scum

[cayetanoluis]

"This woman is anti-christian muslim loving scum"

Did you know that you've just spouted a meaningless phrase?

[Elepski]

@cayetanoluis

Religion caused this all...

[Metsada007]

No, foreign invasions and massacres caused this all..

[Elepski]

The USA has become exceedingly proficient at that.

[cayetanoluis]

"Religion caused this all"

A popular mantra, but false. Religion is only one component in the fuck-up that is Afghanistan. Superpower machinations, the arming of drug lords, geopolitics, and Western indifference are all, at the very least, as important as religion.

[holyghost2k7]

@cayetanoluis no so called democrathy and capitalisem caused all this mees.

[cayetanoluis]

@holyghost2k7 How did democracy cause this?

[Jargin9112]

I thought the were originally after Al-Qaeda the supposed group of radicals that took the twin towers down?, but I guessed they changed that after the people found out the U.S funded them in the 1980's.

[LittlePinky82]

And lol in the 2008 election John McCain called them "freedom fighters." And Karazi (sp?) is a Bush person who met in Texas when Bush was gov.

[blingbling65943]

Playing devils advocate, isn't securing the natural resources of Central Asia in our best defense?

it certainly in our national interest. The citizens of Rome were under no delusions as to why their armies were running around the known world, to secure natural resources for Rome.

Maybe if we came to terms with this need, we'd look for the best way to accomplish these goals, and funding the military industrial complex wouldn't be it.

[Idtelos]

3x more troops in Afghanistan. hmm... And the Nobel Prize went to? it seems very much now that the elites have established the Orwellian 1984 paradigm "War is Peace, Slavery is Freedom, Ignorance is strenght!"

[meeputube]

Interesting lady.

[chewbaca1989]

Only 3 Universities have acces to Climate Data.

Climate Data models are not available for review by "peers".

Why?

[Ahmadjaan]

I like you very much The RealNews,

Where is the CHANGE that Obama promissed us?

[flyhead2]

My head explodes every time pundits talk about 'why Obama decides' or 'what Obama wants'. Obama is irrelevant, he is a constitutional figurehead, a poster-boy, and all that matters is that he has good teeth.

[sharpie443]

I do hate the UN.

[blingbling65943]

They don't like you either.

They love me though

[sharpie443]

well good for you go be useless together.

[rafen8705]

Afgans are one of the most badass fighters in the world, they can stand up for themself.

[aerobique]

@bjbjbjbjbj

you are evil

[rafen8705]

So?

[bjbjbjbjbj]

mohammed was a paedopkile

[boots920]

US Government = Nazis

Counterfeiters

Crooks

War Criminals

Traitors

They even have a Kenyan National running the USA

its a joke

The Catholic church is a pedophile ring = proven

[thedarkest001]

the kenyan national thing is neither proven, necessary or relevant. all your other points are good but there is no need to go there that just fuels all the right wing bullshit.

[boots920]

"the kenyan national thing is neither proven"

Neither is Obama being a US citizen , long form proves that.

But Obama not being eligible has been proven , duel citizens aren't eligible to hold political title of POTUS.

US Constitution = At this point a piece of paper

USA = Banana Republic running on Zimbabwe currency

That's why gold's going up the central bank is just counterfeiting US dollars.

[rafen8705]

And Jesus was homless who hanged out with whores, What is your point?

[bjbjbjbjbj]

at least jesus wasn't a muslim

islam = evil

[thedarkest001]

at least jesus wasnt real

christianity = evil

[bjbjbjbjbj]

mohammed was a

raping murdering paedophile

islam is evil

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

Jesus is a muslim prophet, like it or lump it :)

[bjbjbjbjbj]

mohammed was a paedophile...

like it or lump it

islam is evil

[chewbaca1989]

You forgot administered to the sick and dying. He administered to the fallen.

Jesus was not a Commie.

[boots920]

So's the US government they violate the geneva convention every daty they stay in Iraq.

The US government doesn't even follow their own constitution.

Gold, Silver = Legal US tender its still on the books.

The Federal Reserve Note = bill of credit = illegal

The global population is faced with international fraud, usury , collusion and racketeering courtesy of the US government.

Islam is only guilty of worshipping G-d and minding their own business.

US is guilty of being Nazis

[EricIndiana]

Is it ok for the US to allow the corrupt Afghanistan government to carry on the opium trade with no oversight?

Come on people...

this is about oil and gas, particularly the TAPI Trans-Atlantic natural gas pipeline running from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan and into India and Pakistan.

This new plant supposed to convert the natural gas is now operational but had to wait until the Afghanistan election results in order to get operational insurance, now thats happened they can move forward.

[timhavens]

Has anyone considered that the US tends to go to war to "protect it's interests."

There is nothing physically located within Afghanistan that is a US interest, anymore. Yet we are sending another 30k troops there. Now step back a moment. Look at a Map.

What lays between Iraq and Afghanistan? Hmmmm Oh! Iran!

I believe we're possibly in Afghanistan to pressure Iran, and that it has very little to do with Terrorism at this point. If not the prime reason it's certainly a TWISTED bonus.

[timhavens]

Well apparently we have a vested interest in keeping the Afghan poppy fields secure. What's THAT about REAL NEWS? Things that make you go 'Hmmmmmm...'

[EricIndiana]

No shit. The US just announced its new Drug Policy for Afghanistan and it conveniently leaves out several of the corrupt Afghan officials that are nothing more than drug lords.

Opium production has gone up since we invaded, and when Afghanistan already produced 80% of the worlds opium trade... its scary to think what it is now its backed by the US government.

[EricIndiana]

Actually there is something, natural gas.

This has everything to do with TAPI.

The only other option is to have the pipeline run through Iran and thats not really an option.

Theres a powerplant in India, Enrons Dabhol Power Company. Its just become operational in April this year, but could not get operational insurance.

My guess is they could not get the insurance because of the fate of TAPI hinged on the election results in Afghanistan.

Now thats happened, the TAPI will now move forward.

[blingbling65943]

took the words out of my mouth,

/watch?v=UnHqT8s82Mg

[wordofadvice1]

I have no idea what the war in afghan is over or about? Does anyonbe else. Blackwater shooting? Maybe? It's about making money for the defense contractors.And then the soilders die.Very SAd. It's the indistrial millitary complex. God Bless All.

[bdriz16]

Probably about arms sales...war is a very lucrative business.

[timhavens]

I believe you are 100% correct. our elected officials are bought and paid for by the military industrial complex and the banks. Don't fool yourselves thinking that you actually elected them! And don't fool yourselves thinking that it would matter which of the primary winners matter in each election. They are ALL bought and paid for.

[EricIndiana]

It goes beyond the military industrial complex.

Blackwater is a covert corporation for the Knights of Malta.

They are all claim to be doing "Gods work". Yet they dont want us calling the War on Terror the Crusades.

Blackwater used Templar codenames, military operations had divine names and mission statements came with biblical verses.

While we were all worried about the Nazis and the Reds, we had another force that was playing all 3 sides, and they have taken control of nearly everything.

[timhavens]

Blackwater is a major player in the Mil. Indust. Complex accept that one of their primary 'products' are contracted soldiers. Anytime a CORPORATION is used in defense of a NATION like this, no good will come of that. They aren't bound by the same Military Code, which makes them so attractive to Gov'ts. Thugs in black jumpers, and their primary goals are their gov't backed paychecks to keep the CORPORATION making money, their goals have nothing to do with serving the US National Interests.

[boots920]

Subversion

Blackwater is paid for by US taxpayers that's how hamster like the US population is.

Look at the US population they line up for mercury flu shots that kill them all paid for with US tax dollars its ridiculous the same way Nazi Germany was ridiculous.

Nice eh the globe gets to implode because the US population is no smarter than a small pebble.

[EricIndiana]

Blackwater = mercenaries for the Crusaders.

And the official military is being led by Jesuit commanders and Roman Catholics that speak when the Pope tells them to.

Peter Pace spoke out on Dont Ask Dont Tell directly after the Pope urged Catholics to use their positions of influence to speak out on immorality.

David Petraeus and George Casey both came from the same Jesuit school the Edmund A Walsh SFS and 1 replaces the other. This really is a Holy War and no good can come of any of this.

[holytemplar]

lol Pope John Paul II was against the war?Bush/Obama are not catholic

[EricIndiana]

Who says Bush aint Catholic?

Who got Bush re-elected in 2004?

Pope Benedict did when he insisted that Catholic vote for him over Kerry.

The CIA was created by Catholics.

Obamas mama worked for the Ford Foundation in Jakarta Indonesia when the CIA was staging a coup there, & the Ford Foundation was financing CIA black Ops during this period.

Then Obama after graduating went to go work for another CIA front, Business Int.

& wasnt Bush Sr CIA director?

& what about Jesuit George Herbert Walker?

[EricIndiana]

Prescott Bush married into power when he married Dorothy Walker.

And who did he name GHWB after?

And who did GHWB name GHWB Jr after?

A: George Herbert Walker.

And where did he get his education?

Jesuit Stonyhurst Prep and Stonyhurst University.

Which is where Prescott is said to have gone during his 4 yrs at St George as an exchange student before he came back and went to Yale taking all of his Jesuit teachings back to Skull and Bones.

[grit123]

Where did you read this?

[EricIndiana]

Blackwater's Cofer Black is a Knight of Malta.

Erik Prince comes from the hardcore religious right.

When Jeremy Scahill from The Nation was researching for his book, Princes uncle told him that Prince was "doing Gods work", which is the same BS George Bush was saying around the world.

Them using Templar codenames is coming from Blackwater employees.

All of this has been reported in the Mainstream news, they just bury it.

Blackwater was arming the insurgency smuggling guns in dog food bags.

[grit123]

Why would they give the opposition weapons?

[EricIndiana]

Why indeed.

Because if they were not fueling the insurgency, then they would not have anyone to fight, they would be out of a job.

The stronger the insurgency, the greater the need is for them to be there.

[grit123]

Now you're leaving reality. Are Blackwater scumbags? Yes. Are they religious nutjobs? Sure. But to say they are giving the enemy their own advanced weapons to kill them with is just nonsensical. Odds are the weapon fell into enemy hands. The silencers and illegal firearms they smuggled through they did so because they like their shiny toys. It's like a kid sneaking his slingshot onto school grounds. Lets not go overboard with the conspiracy stuff.

[EricIndiana]

Look it up.

They are under investigation for this right now.

This has been reported in the mainstream media, I am not creating conspiracy theories.

Look it up, look it up, look it up.

I gave you all the key words to do it.

Look for Jeremy Scahill videos here on Youtube.

The testimony is coming from 2 Blackwater insiders. They also accuse them of murdering at least 2 employees that were going to turn over evidence.

And it doesnt stop there either.

I dont need to invent shit about Blackwater.

[micahgee]

No need to invent anything about Blackwater indeed they are absolute scum.

Child prostitution, gun smuggling, religious-based slaughter of muslims, you name it, they do it.

Blackwater: purveyors of filth and scum

[klard]

grit123: Conspiracies are how things are done in this world. There is very little that happens that is not the result of a conspiracy to make it happen.

[klard]

grit123: You can't have a war without some type of enemy. The USA gave the Soviet Union everything to build an A-bomb after WWII. WHy? Do you think the US people would have been so excited to build all of those bombs and delivery accessories unless they had something to be afraid of?

[grit123]

I know, blah blah blah. whatever.

[klard]

grit123: Go back to playing WII and watching cartoons.