i agree, that paula zahn is an "explosive charge."
I assume they're talking about the book by Dasquie and Brisard--I guess CNN doesn't want to bother its viewers with wacky French author names. The book was also mentioned in the New York piece on John O'Neill. My response to that particular line of conspiracy argument is that a Central Asian pipeline might be the result of a war against Afghanistan but I doubt it's the primary cause. Much as I distrust Bush & Co, I think it's more likely that they "slowed down the al-Qaeda investigation" to appease the devil they know--the Saudis with whom many in the Administration have longstanding business relationships--than the devil they don't (UNOCAL's relatively new Central Asian venture). That's not to say they won't try to profit from the "stabilization" of Afghanistan, now that it's happened. Unfortunately, the "primary cause" of the war is even stupider and sicker than the search for oil profits--it was to give Americans a cool TV war show (and try out some new weapons and stuff) after 9/11 embarrassed the shit out of the administration.
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- dave 1-09-2002 4:00 pm
I assume they're talking about the book by Dasquie and Brisard--I guess CNN doesn't want to bother its viewers with wacky French author names. The book was also mentioned in the New York piece on John O'Neill. My response to that particular line of conspiracy argument is that a Central Asian pipeline might be the result of a war against Afghanistan but I doubt it's the primary cause. Much as I distrust Bush & Co, I think it's more likely that they "slowed down the al-Qaeda investigation" to appease the devil they know--the Saudis with whom many in the Administration have longstanding business relationships--than the devil they don't (UNOCAL's relatively new Central Asian venture). That's not to say they won't try to profit from the "stabilization" of Afghanistan, now that it's happened. Unfortunately, the "primary cause" of the war is even stupider and sicker than the search for oil profits--it was to give Americans a cool TV war show (and try out some new weapons and stuff) after 9/11 embarrassed the shit out of the administration.
- tom moody 1-09-2002 8:24 pm [add a comment]
heres a good article i dug up which would seem to support your pov.
- dave 1-09-2002 8:49 pm [add a comment]