IMPERIALISM

[Playinghardball]

US-Afghan plan would keep troops in place, funds flowing through “2024 and beyond”:
"According to the text, the deal would take effect on Jan. 1, 2015, and “shall remain in force until the end of 2024 and beyond.” Cancellation of the deal by Washington or Kabul would require two years advance written notice.
The deal appears to continue to exempt U.S. troops from Afghan laws and courts, a controversial point for some.
President Karzai will now present the agreement to the Loya Jirga, or “grand assembly”, of more than 2,000 Afghan elders who have gathered to discuss the deal. While their approval is not legally required, Karzai said he will not sign the deal without their consent.
The deal suggests that after 12 years of military occupation and trillions of dollars, neither side believes the U.S. mission is anywhere near complete in Afghanistan."

http://www.policestateusa.com/2013/us-afghan-security-plan/

http://www.mining.com/afghanistan-mineral-deposits-estimated-at-1-trillion-dollars-82470/

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/world/asia/afghanistan-opium-production-increases-for-3rd-year.html?_r=0

[OnyxCollie]

1. Ending the war in Afghanistan

needs to be removed from The List.

[ErikJ]

2. Kind of ambivalent-Taliban coming back

Public stoning consideration is latest setback for Afghan women's rights
Afghanistan's government is considering bringing back public stoning as punishment for adultery

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/25/public-stoning-womens-rights-afghanistan-government-adultery

[Cleita]

3. This why we engage in any war or occupation.

It's so our corporations can bleed those countries dry of their resources.

[woo me with science]

4. K&R