phineas wrote: 
I guess I really struck a nerve there. Ouch. Zeeeeeeeee zeeeeeeeeee! Pop!

 Manbird wrote: 
Like they say: you learn something new every couple of days or so.

 Beaker wrote: 
I really really like the part about potash and how it's K20. I never even knew that before. 

WikiLeaks Founder Says "Evidence of War Crimes" in Afghan War Logs, White House Downplays Leak, Claiming "No Broad New Revelations"

The disclosure of a massive trove of classified military records documenting the Afghanistan war has ignited a firestorm and increased pressure on the White House to defend its military strategy. We play highlights of the White House press conference in Washington and Julian Assange’s press conference in London.

 plaice3 wrote: Always some form of asterisk.   Lucky for Pakistan the pipeline will run through the south away from the Pashtuns.

 arighter2 wrote: 
Don't you love that word "guarantee"?

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=216419

Note: The Iranian portion has already been built.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
  Having read the Rolling Stone article concerning Gen. McChrystal, I can say that I'm running out of popcorn

 dmax wrote: 
We fell victim to one of the classic blunders!

 beamends wrote: 
 That we actually put up with it.

 beamends wrote: 
Exactly. Everyone who knows much about history refers to this as the unwinnable war that ruined the USSR.

Where's the surprise that it's a horrible mess - that we need to get our asses out of ASAP.

 nuggler wrote: 
And the surprise is?

I keep a spare ghost hidden inside a fortunate sundown...

The New Pentagon Papers: WikiLeaks Releases 90,000+ Secret Military Documents Painting Devastating Picture of Afghanistan War

What these documents prove is that the US Military has been whitewashing this war in Afghanistan for years and most of the media has been along for the ride.

They have systematically covered up civilian casualties, they've covered up the successful attacks by the Taliban as being insignificant & they've covered up the violent criminality of the security forces we've created there, securitu forces that are preying on Afghan civilians.