Surge, bribe and run? Or surge, bribe and stay? How US military bases and the energy war play out in Afghanistan.
Pepe Escobar Last Modified: 12 Jul 2011 10:
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| The Pentagon wants the White House to "hold off on ending the Afghanistan troop surge until the fall of 2012" [GALLO/GETTY] |
No more than "50-75 'al-Qaeda types' in Afghanistan", according to the CIA, have been responsible for draining the US government by no less than US $10 billion a month, or $120 billion a year.
At the same time, outgoing US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been adamant that withdrawing troops from Afghanistan is "premature". The Pentagon wants the White House to "hold off on ending the Afghanistan troop surge until the fall of 2012."
That of course shadows the fact that even if there were a full draw down, the final result would be the same number of US troops before the Obama administration-ordered AfPak surge. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.............
