I thought the video was very well made. It is obvious that people have many questions. They always will.
Think about any former tragedy (Kennedy assination) or great achievement (Moon landing). The conspiracy theorists thrive on these events. Creating their own version which differs from the official version.
When two or more explainations of any event arise, people will naturally band behind the story that best suits their view of the world. Those in the middle will have questions! An actor's job is to pretend to be someone they are not.So, in my humble opinion, they do not make good spokesman/women for a cause.
They obviously love the limelight. Therefore, I am not confident that they believe what they are presenting. Was he hired for the spot?
The video WAS well made. These are my thoughts.So I will just sit on the sidelines and watch how the whole thing plays out. I am so tired of the Kennedy and Moon landing debates that I don't even pay attention to them anymore.
I expect this tragic event and the endless debates will come to that same end.It all depends on your point of view.
youtube.com/watch?v=LD06SAf0p9A youtube.com/watch?v=z9CXQY-bZn4&feature=... **In fact, we are not eliminating poppy fields. ** **UN Report Shows Afghan Opium Production At Record Level(rferl.org/content/article/1078361.html)** US/UK Soldiers guard the poppy fields with armed patrols. "Although the poppy fields are beautiful to look at, 2 Para Patrols Platoon are on guard at all times."
news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/news... **The Taliban banned opium in 2001** February 2001 Taliban Seem to Be Making Good on Opium Ban, U.N. Says URL5 September 26 2001 Taliban Lifts Ban On Opium Production http://www.unwire.org/unwire/20010926/18583_story.asp Opium production history chart http://www.freebase.com/view/wikipedia/images/en_id/15189611 *** To actually answer the question, what _is_ the reason we are in Afghanistan, I will give the only explanations that make sense to me: 1) heroin -- Drugs = money; 2) control over fossils fuels; 3) control over territory (empire); 4) human attraction to war ***1. Heroin -- Drugs = Money*** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_and_Contras_cocaine_trafficking_in_the_US CIA opium smuggling Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_drug_trafficking#Soviet_Afghanistan CIA Venezuelan US cocaine delivery youtube.com/watch?v=LD06SAf0p9A0 Narco Aggression: Russia accuses the U.S.Military of involvement in drug trafficking out of Afghanistan youtube.com/watch?v=LD06SAf0p9A1 Hamid Karzai appointed president of Afghanistan under UN auspices in Germany youtube.com/watch?v=LD06SAf0p9A1 Reports link Karzai's brother to heroin trade http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/world/asia/05afghan.html Afghan Forces Confiscate Opium Cache, Capture Taliban Commander http://www.australia.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11271:afghan-forces-confiscate-opium-cache-capture-taliban-commander&Itemid=195 Afghanistan: President Karzai Pardons Convicted Drug Traffickers http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/july/126044.htm ***2. Control over fossil fuels*** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_Oil_Pipeline Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan Natural Gas Pipeline Project http://www.adb.org/Documents/Articles/AFG/afg_2003001.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Afghanistan_Pipeline Central Asia pipeline deal signed December 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2608713.stm ***3.
Control over territory*** Strategic rivalry and conflict between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia youtube.com/watch?v=z9CXQY-bZn4&feature=...0 ***4. Human attraction to war*** How did all of these aggressive, largely unethical motivations result in an invasion and continued occupation? The best explanation I have heard is the theory given in the book *The Psychology of War : Comprehending Its Mystique and Its Madness*.
Basically, the idea is that 'mythical thinking' (as opposed to observation and rational thought) makes it possible to engage in activities (wars) that solve the most basic age-old human dilemma: the conflict between self and the group. youtube.com/watch?v=z9CXQY-bZn4&feature=...1 *** Put yourself in the position of U.S. Leaders who see all of these strategic goals in Afghanistan. ***What do you think would have been the reaction if they had simply presented all of these reasons and asked the American public for permission to invade Afghanistan on this basis in September 2001?
***Loose Change Final Cut.
I think its wrong for someone to cover up nine eleven even thow every one saw it happen.
I think Charlie Sheen is a nutjob just like his father. He has no more business expecting the President to listen to him, than I do. Hollywood types are too full of themselves these days.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.