We went into Afghanistan to build the trans-afghan pipeline. If you had been paying attention to the building delays and constantly changing completion dates you would have noticed that every time a President talked about extending our troops' stay there, there was a delay in the completion of the pipeline.
The trans-Afghan pipeline completed in 2020. We handed over protection duties to the Taliban. Our withdrawal and their "invasion" was little more than a business deal.
I learned about it in 2005 after Ted Koppel elucidated the pipeline's development on Nightline and then 2 months later he announced his retirement and no one talked about it again.
They didn't ignore it.
We went into Afghanistan to build the trans-afghan pipeline. If you had been paying attention to the building delays and constantly changing completion dates you would have noticed that every time a President talked about extending our troops' stay there, there was a delay in the completion of the pipeline.
The trans-Afghan pipeline completed in 2020. We handed over protection duties to the Taliban. Our withdrawal and their "invasion" was little more than a business deal.
I learned about it in 2005 after Ted Koppel elucidated the pipeline's development on Nightline and then 2 months later he announced his retirement and no one talked about it again.
This is the first I'm hearing of it. Elites do love their black gold.