Afghanistan is not Vietnam: It’s an Energy War

Politicians and a complicit mainstream media are doing a good job of framing the war in Afghanistan and its long shadow in Pakistan as a fight against Islamic fundamentalists who want to attack the United States. Let the Taliban win in Afghanistan and they and Al-Qaida will destabilize Pakistan, which even now is on the verge of a civil war. Let terrorists fracture the government in Islamabad and they will have nuclear weapons to use against us, and tensions with India may boil over into a regional nuclear conflict. This may be true, but it is not the complete story. Our transparent government is wrapping the entire show in the cloak of fear and waving the flag of patriotism.