Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman, the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan, talks at the Public Affairs building at the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia, on the 13th of October 2009
Afghanistan is a coridor for oil and gas pipelines, it is also a strategic stepping stone into the worlds second largest proven oil and gas reserves in the Caspian region.
Any troops serving in this region should be given a percentage of the economic profits from the companies involved. Simular to the old East India Company troops.
Well meaning soldiers would be better served to reading Zbigniew's 'Grand Chess Board'.
mercuryrazvedka 2 years ago