a.. USA supported Bin Laden and the Taliban for years, and viewed them as freedom fighters against the Russians?
b.. As late as 1998, the US was paying the salary of every single Taliban official in Afghanistan ?
c.. There is more oil and gas in the Caspian Sea , but you need a pipeline through Afghanistan to get that out?
d. UNOCAL, a giant oil conglomerate, wanted to build a 1000 mile pipeline from the Caspian Sea through Afghanistan to the Arabian Sea ?
e.. UNOCAL spend $ 10,000,000,000 on geological studies for the pipeline construction, and courted the Taliban for their support in allowing the construction to begin?
f.. All leading Taliban officials were in Texas negotiating with UNOCAL in 1998? g. In 1999, Taliban changed its mind and threw UNOCAL out of the country and awarded the pipeline project to a company in Argentina ?
h. John Maresca, VP of UNOCAL testified before Congress and said no pipeline should be set until the Taliban was gone and a more friendly government was established?
i. After 1999, the Taliban became the most evil people in the world
j. In 2001, Bush declares war against Afghanistan , though not a single Afghani was involved in the plane hijacking?
