There is no such thing as Afghanistan.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

This whole idea of a place called "Afghanistan" is just a silly fabrication of the BushObama administration! Seriously, have any of you ever bothered to look at a map?

Tell me now, where is Afghanistan?



Right, it's not there, is it? So why are we spending all of this money on a location that doesn't even exist in the world?

[spanone]

1. myopia?

[anonymous171]

2. If you don't support imperialism, you are an ignorant xenophobic isolationist

Seriously, get with the neoliberal paradigm! We need to bomb the world to make it flat!

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

4. How can we imperialize something that doesn't exist? n/t

[Chulanowa]

10. If you don't understand what imperialism means, you probably shouldn't use the word

I'm starting to learn that my fellow liberals' vocabularies are as limited as the troglodytes on the other team. Distressing.

[Arctic Dave]

3. This map is too small to pin point the location of Raytheon, Xe, KBR, Boeing , etc.

That is, in essence, "Afghanistan".

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

5. There is no such thing as Afghanistan, in essence or otherwise.

Seriously, why is this so hard to understand?

[annabanana]

7. tru.. It's just a name we've assigned to a geographical area where

the inhabitants refer to themselves, and think of themselves as members of specific tribes & clans.

There is no Afganistan, and I don't think there's ever been one.

[polly7]

9. Well sure there's an Afghanistan.

It's the place mothers have been burying children for centuries.

The geographic entity now known as Afghanistan has a very long history, and has been an ancient focal point of the Silk Road and migration. It is an important geostrategic location, connecting East and West Asia or the Middle East. The land has been a target of various invaders, as well as a source from which local powers invaded neighboring regions to form their own empires. Ahmad Shah Durrani created the Durrani Empire in 1747, which is considered the beginning of modern Afghanistan.<11> Its capital was shifted later from Kandahar to Kabul and most of its territories ceded to neighboring empires. In the late 19th century, Afghanistan became a buffer state in "The Great Game" played between the British Empire and Russian Empire.<12> On August 19, 1919, following the third Anglo-Afghan war, the country regained independence from the United Kingdom over its foreign affairs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan





Just in case that wasn't snark ...... and I don't don't know what is and what isn't here anymore.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. "Afghanistan" means " where other countries come to die"

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

15. None of them exist either. n/t

[leftstreet]

6. Wrong map

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

8. Now that's just silly. n/t

[ZombieHorde]

13. Super awesome, I love it! nt

[Jamastiene]

14. The "they make our stuff" area is mislabeled.

It should be up further north in the "communists" area. Other than that, it looks very accurate. I'm surprised someone was able to finally map it. :P

[smalll]

12. Yeah! It's just "a quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing."

Nicely done. :applause:

[roamer65]

16. The new countries that will eventually emerge from the breakup of Afghanistan and Pakistan:

Pashtunistan and Baluchistan. The Punjab and Sindh provinces of former Pakistan will become a part of India...after the Great Mideast War or World War III.

[Subdivisions]

17. Not beyond the realm of possibility, especially since Unocal needs a

clear a route through Baluchistan to the Port of Gwadar for their long-sought-after pipeline from Turkmenistan and running across Afghanistan.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

18. I don't see Turkmenistan on the map either.

Now you're just cold makin' shit up. What's next? Yibbehobbistan?

[Subdivisions]

19. Turkmenistan is behind the legend on the map, geography brainiac. And, what the fuck

do you mean by "either"?

Here's Turkmenistan dickhole:



Now, do you still think I'm "cold makin' shit up"?

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

21. THAT'S NOT PART OF AMERICA.

[roamer65]

20. Notice Gwadar's proximity to Iran...

and the recent news of Iranian incursions into Baluchistan?

I really don't like where all of this is heading.

[Subdivisions]

22. Well, welcome! It's nice to have someone finally over here on my page! n/t