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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (202227)	9/9/2006 1:06:52 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

They affirm that until August (2001-my edit), the US government saw the Taliban regime "as a source of stability in Central Asia that would enable the construction of an oil pipeline across Central Asia" from the rich oilfields in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan, through Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the Indian Ocean. Until now, says the book, "the oil and gas reserves of Central Asia have been controlled by Russia. The Bush government wanted to change all that." Come on now Wharf Rat... The Clinton administration wouldn't have done that now, would they?? The Taliban sent representatives to the US three times between 1997 and 2001. Two of those visits were during the Clinton administration. None resulted in the US recognizing the Taliban government. And Unocal was just as involved in lobbying the Clinton administration as it was the Bush. In December 1997, Taliban representatives again visited the United States and met with Unocal representatives. According to a report by Caroline Lees of the Telegraph, the Taliban representatives visited the Houston zoo, NASA space center, a Super Target store, and the home of a Unocal vice-president. There is no indication that George W. Bush, who was governor of Texas at the time, had any involvement in this visit. And you can't really impeach this liberal source. footnote.tv Do you think we'll see that in that ABC 9/11 mini-series? Btw, there's nothing inherent wrong with desiring to build such a pipeline. There's clearly a need for it, and Afghanistan clearly stands to profit from it as well. Hawk