Quote Originally Posted by wanderlust View Post
Our entry was down to appeasing the Americans who like to blow stuff up so that Halliburton et al can win billions of dollars of infrastructure contracts. Every road, bridge, school, hospital bombed is payday for the corporations that control the White House and by sucking up to them us Brits get the crumbs from their table.
The real fight for Afghanistan began in the 40s when the Americans and Russians were competing for control - as beautifully documented in "Bitter Lake" which also explains how the West created Islamic fundamentalism sponsoring 1000's of Wahabist schools throughout Asia and was responsible for Afghanistan's prominent role in opium poppy production and the worldwide heroin crisis.
Recommend Bitter Lake on Netflix as essential viewing for anyone who's interested in this stuff - it incorporates loads of original footage.
Thanks Wander I will see if it on Netflix here in Hungary.