Rice seeks regional help for Afghanistan

[Nambe]

Source: Reuters

Stabilizing Afghanistan will require regional help with political and economic support from countries like India, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday.

U.S. ties with India should flourish now a nuclear pact between the two countries has been approved, Rice said, adding that Afghanistan, where violence has risen over the past two years, was one of the areas where cooperation could expand.

"Afghanistan in the future is going to have to be regionally integrated in order to be successful economically," Rice said, speaking to reporters on her plane before it stopped to refuel in Germany on the way to New Delhi to mark the clinching of the nuclear trade deal. ...

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The last of the big spenders. Perhaps she will trade her oil tanker for an EV.

[MichiganVote]

1. This is such BS. The only reason they want Afg. is as a stage for Pakistan.

[Nambe]

2. Is an Oil Pipeline Behind the War in Afghanistan?

Testimony before the US Congress is circulating on the internet. It pertains to a proposed oil pipeline through Central Asia that is applicable to the current war in Afghanistan.

On February 12, 1998, John J. Maresca, vice president, international relations for UNOCAL oil company, testified before the US House of Representatives, Committee on International Relations. Maresca provided information to Congress on Central Asia oil and gas reserves and how they might shape US foreign policy. UNOCAL's problem? ...

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/sardi7.html

[MichiganVote]

4. Geopolitical positioning for turf, $ and oil.

[Tutonic]

3. They should abandon her ass over there--let he find a ride home.