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Gas War: The Truth Behind the American Occupation of Afghanistan

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I found this interesting and thought-provoking. With about a footnote per page, it's hard for me to understand other reviews I've read that claim this book is poorly researched.

Ted doesn't manage to prove his major thesis, that an Afghan war was being planned prior to 9/11. The evidence he presents is intriguing, but circumstantial. However, he clearly documents the preeminence of the oil pipeline in our management (or mismanagement) of that country following the invasion.

This book really seems to upset people. Perhaps that's because the motivations Ted ascribes to our leaders really do seem more congruent with the end results of their actions than do their stated intentions.

Follow the money. Americans need to wake up and see how they have been duped by politicians and corporations into a war that was never about Osama who?
Ted Rall does an excellent job laying out the facts.

I read the book and most of the facts I found interesting to read. Some of the facts in this book , I already read through other news media ( Internet). I wish many Americans will read this book and learn about what is happening in the rest of the world due to American foreign policies.
( Adding 25th eb 2004) Now the Iraq war is over..what this book discussed and said about BUSH policies(foriegn) has already come true. I read the book again recently for the second time after the Iraq war.

This book forces its readers to rationalise the true reason behind the war in Afghanistan. It has references to other articles where readers can find out for themselves if they need to. At the very least, this book is a great balance to all the pro-Bush reading materials out there.