Purpose of the Afghan War

If the true purpose of the Afghan war were to capture bin Laden, the occupation should have ended a few months after the invasion once it was clear bin Laden was not there. But the occupation continued unabated since 2001-10-07. Since then, the heroin trade has ballooned from negligible to #1 in the world, with $1 trillion a year in sales. Now, plans are being made to exploit Afghanistan’s four trillion dollars worth of minerals, especially lithium, needed for high performance batteries. It did not even end after bin Laden was assassinated in Pakistan. What does that tell you about the real purpose of the war?

~ Roedy (born:1948-02-04 age:68)