Los talibanes en Texas

Creo que a los más interesados en este, por otra parte, vital capítulo de la historia contemporánea, podría interesarles pasarse por la Wikipedia pues hay nombres relevantes sobre los cuales no puedo entretenerme aquí.
Uno de ellos es Ziggy Brzezinsky.

1997: Former National Security Advisor (with Carter) Zbigniew Brzezinski publishes a book in which he portrays the Eurasian landmass as the key to world power, and Central Asia with its vast oil reserves as the key to domination of Eurasia. He notes that because of popular resistance to US military expansionism, his ambitious strategy could not be implemented "except in the circumstance of a truly massive and widely perceived direct external threat."
Por ejemplo, cuatro aviones llenos de ciudadanos americanos estrellados contra centros vitales del país. ¿Álguien recuerda Northwoods hará 6 u 8 posts?

1997: Canada catches one of the Khobar Tower attackers and extradites him to the US. But in 1999, he is shipped back to Saudi Arabia before he can reveal what he knows about al-Qaeda and the Saudis. One anonymous insider calls it, "Clinton's parting kiss to the Saudis." Ay, ay, ay: la Administración Clinton doblegada a los Saudíes, compañeros de trifulcas de Bin-Laden. Feo, feo, feo.

1997: Representatives of the Taliban are invited guests to the Texas headquarters of Unocal to negotiate their support for the pipeline. Future President Bush Jr. is Governor of Texas at the time. The Taliban appear to agree to a $2 billion pipeline deal, but will do the deal only if the US officially recognizes the Taliban regime. The Taliban meet with US officials, and the Telegraph reports that "the US government, which in the past has branded the Taliban's policies against women and children 'despicable,' appears anxious to please the fundamentalists to clinch the lucrative pipeline contract."
Que se besen, que se besen!!! Amigos: ¿empiezan ya a entender de qué les estoy hablando? Ya me lo parecía...

Yan: ¿está esto en línea con tu acotación hace dos posts?

	Washington Post, 11/18/01]
	The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy
	and its Geostrategic Imperatives,
		by Zbigniew Brzezinski, 10/97
ABC News, 3/5/03 (B)]
	Best Democracy Money Can Buy, by Greg Palast, 2/03
	Telegraph, 12/14/97]