GLOBAL PULSE: Afghanistan: Wealth, War, Propaganda, Petraeus (6/25/2010)

[10zabi10]

So all of you get fuck out of afghanistan and leave all afghans alone so we can live peaceful life, we had enough war let us improve our lives our dreams. And specilly you stupid talibans go back to pakistan

[10zabi10]

all talibans are from pakistan. Pakistan is sending talibans in afghanistan, and some other countries sending their troops to afghanistan to fight them, but they realy dont care about talibans they are there because they want to steel our minerals. and those countries are paying pakistan to create talibans so the war never ends. the only peope are suffering is us afghans our civilains get killed all the time by talibans by american air force by other country troops.

[cowyow101]

mmmmmmmm  asian

[theratfarmer]

i guess "they" do have a crystal ball. all this time i thought "they" wanted to build one or two oil pipelines out of russia to the persian gulf. it has been known, for at least the last 25 years, that russia has the largest untapped natural resources in the world. when russia decides to figure out how to extract these resources efficiently, they will become the wealthyest country in the world, not the most powerful. but, wealth is power? only in your mind.

[LER77]

WELL WELL........

[mustafababababa]

they wont tell you that Afghanistan has the Largest Uranium reserve....

[Graham6762]

Those minerals are ours, FUCK YOU China. Stupid worthless chinese. Why is the pathetic US government not depopulating Afghanistan and stealing for minerals. How did America fall to such a low, it is reminiscent of the Roman Empire toppling due to bubbling idiots and political deadlock.

[SayedMasih]

@Graham6762 wow what can you expect from a nation full of greed like you

but dont say dumb things, in the history you can count more than 5 great nations has tried. depopulating is happening to your army

[imanerd36]

Almost after 10 year in their country- fighting, defending, and giving aid to them, this is how they pay us back? Giving mining rights to Japan which has done almost nothing compared to the US? FUCK YOU KARZAI! We should pull out, send the bill to Japan, and let them finishing fight in this hell hole if they want the money out of it. Why should we try to secure a country(including spending billions and killing thousands), so another country can profit off of it?

[franz909]

Stop listening to CNN & FOX they wont tell u Obama Adviser Brzezinski wrote " Controlling Eurasia will lead to subordination of Africa " , before 9/11 . and BOTH parties know it's a resource war and to set up permanent bases .

Remember UNOCAL inviting Taliban to Houston Tx. for OIL seminar in late 90s so they were willing to work w/ the "bad guys" for profit AND THE poppy WORTH BILLIONS , ask why the U.S. military refuses to eradicate and why it increased 12X AFTER invasion . 12Xs . GUESS WHY!

[buksorishi]

Also, this was a good report, not sure why some people are haters. I watch this show and don't find them too bias, but they may lean one direction or the other at times. I like the new host.

[buksorishi]

These reports from US Gov. of new found wealth in Afghanistan do serve to put a positive spin on an otherwise bad situation but it changes little. What Afghanistan needs now is direct action in development. This new potential for foreign investment will take some time and if the government cannot get a strong hold of its country these "buried riches" may end up meaningless.

[franz909]

@buksorishi Before U.S .invaded IRAQ they drew up plans to take apart Iraqi State owned Industries , 1 example , the banking system before limited foreign ownership to 30 % of one bank , which makes sense .

Bremmer changed it (w/o Iraqi input) to 100 %, meaning JP Morgan can but up entire BANK and put local banks out of business , effectively giving control to foreigners that can move profits out .

Otherwise Iraqi was put for SALE and bought up by foreigners

U think it wont happen again lol lol

[buksorishi]

@franz909 I'm referring to the report being "conveniently" released now to help counteract public opinion, among other things, in the Afghan theater as well as the corrupt Afghan gov. and the lack of gov. in rural regions. Little will change in the short term. However, the potential for foreign investment can help Afghanistan develop if managed correctly and not turned into a corporate free for all... we'll have to see how this plays out. Lets not pretend we know all the answers.

[buksorishi]

@franz909 No one is surprised that private industry has positive and negative dealings in Iraq and Afghanistan, before, during, after the initial conflict and on into the future... such is the way of war, a very sad and inconvenient truth of modern and ancient societies. Also, note this is not limited to the U.S.

Foreign investment is one of the only means a country with no or few LEGAL exports can develop initially, especially when recovering from war, and move away from hand outs.

[MrLshariff]

this is not now news, kazia is a crook, usa put him in power

[2muchgametime]

I choose Not to donate via Google to you , Global pulse. I'm glad you do what you do but your news is just another biased news casting agency, ( Ie.) Fox, Cnn, etc. But who am I to judge? Your just doing what every other news agency does.

[LYinKansas]

The moment America leaves the insurgent factions are going to start fighting, probably even be another civil war. I really don't see America downsizing there anytime soon..

[ekultec]

weren't they meant to be looking for big scary men on horse with big world domination plans oh sorry that was a america with there clown Osma bin laden what a crock of gold dinging hoooo ha we were all feed looters in suites more dangers then some cave men, human rights were are you there people of america have lechers ruing the plays PROFITS 1st then people BOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOOOOoooo

[aperson22222]

Japan is the second biggest contributor to the war effort???? (After, I assume, the US?) More than the UK, Canada, Germany? I find that hard to believe. How are they defining contribution?

Otherwise I like this report, it's excellent.

[danmanjones]

Excellent report

[Eibli]

U.S does the dirty work in the spotlight, and China, including others, reap the benefits in the shadows. Well played on their part.

[streetfightspdx]

@Eibli

The U$A Is Practically Owned By China These Days...They Got The U$ By The Balls...This Is A Well Orchestrated $cam...