Obama Has No Legal Authority For Afghan War

The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in the
first place because the Taliban government refused to allow UNOCAL oil to build
the TAPI pipeline across its territory, Boyle said. He noted the route U.S.
troops are taking in Afghanistan is that of the proposed pipeline. "I think
this (escalation) is about getting the oil and gas out of Central Asia by
avoiding Russia and without dealing with Iran," Boyle added.

The easiest way to do that, he said,
is to construct pipelines south through Afghanistan, into Pakistan and then out
to the Arabian Sea. The oil and natural gas resources of Central Asia, Boyle
noted, are reported to be the second largest in the world after the Persian
Gulf.

In his new book, "Tackling America's
Toughest Questions,"(Clarity) Boyle wrote, "What is going on now in Afghanistan
is not self-defense. Let's be honest. We all know it. At best this is reprisal,
retaliation, vengeance, catharsis. Call it what you want, but it is not
self-defense. And retaliation is never self-defense."

                                                                   
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