There's probably oil in just about every Middle Eastern and African nation.
The US could have just as easily invaded Sudan, which I believe has more oil than Afghanistan.

Hehehe my Mama has this theory that wherever there are plenty of muslims, there will be plenty of oil. Maybe she's right?

Originally posted by Beachcoma
Hehehe my Mama has this theory that wherever there are plenty of muslims, there will be plenty of oil. Maybe she's right?

I noticed that myself.
It's strange how that is.

Perhaps the Arabs had an oil or gas based economy just like the west does today and they went around colonizing all of these areas in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. I'm surprised there's no big oil discoveries in the Balkan states yet.

Originally posted by Beachcoma
Hehehe my Mama has this theory that wherever there are plenty of muslims, there will be plenty of oil. Maybe she's right?

If that was the case then pakistan would be rich by now. But pakistan has coal, natural gas etc. I don't think pakistan has that much oil

US simply has no excuse to invade Sudan, or whatever other country for that matter. But for Afganistan? Easy, Osama, Iraq? Saddam Hussein, Iran? WMD.

But guess the people in white house just aren't creative enough to make one for Sudan.

Funny; last time I checked...the Afghan war was before they discovered oil in this country.

I guess Bush can see the future?

Or maybe! Just maybe! It's because the Taliban would not surrender Osama bin Laden and had declared war on the US.

Originally posted by AceOfBase


Perhaps the Arabs had an oil or gas based economy just like the west does today and they went around colonizing all of these areas in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

I would find that doubtful Not until the mid-nineteenth century, was any formal effort made to extract oil for commercial use. There were "seeps" known before then but they werent of any great value. A Western first discovered Oil in Saudi Arbia for example while drilling for water. Before there was a huge demand for oil Water was worth far more to the people in that area.

Afghanistan is a relatively poor country and currently imports most of its energy. This discovery sounds like good news for such a poor country and I do not believe this was known before the US invaded. I doubt the news would have even made any difference as to whether the US invaded or not since I do not believe the US invaded to take over just a billion barrels of oil or so. If the US invaded countries just for their oil, Canada should be on the hit list next. I believe they have trillions of barrels of oil. That makes Afghanistan look like a tiny drop in the bucket even with the latest discovery.