From Commondreams.org:

djprof March 27th, 2009 3:14 pm
Like most wars the US has instigated and engaged in via proxy corporate-connected dictators, this war is also an invisible war to most Americans. In relation to real reporting during the Vietnam war: the media tried, and tried very hard to disguise and deceive the public. It simply wasn't as sophisticated in that kind of business, and wasn't as completely controlled by corporations as it is today. There is one question that I feel must be answered in full: What role did the US play in generating what is now a war against terror in Afghanistan? Obama and others might say that it's a moot question; better to focus on what is now. But any shrink will tell you: until and unless the roots of a malady are confronted and resolved, the chance of a long term cure is slim. Obama needs to say what everyone there and throughout much of the world knows; namely that WE, the US of A were the ones who began the whole thing. We did it by funneling vast amounts of money and weapons to religious factions, while encouraging them to foment fundamentalist beliefs. Sure, there have always been fundamentalists (we have more than our share here in the US), but it was the US with the guidance of the CIA who baited the trap for Russia to invade Afghanistan in response to a growing instability associated with extreme fundamentalists. WE were the greatest perpetrators of what is now the war on terror. WE created the terror. And we did it for two main reasons. First, to suck the USSR into a Vietnam type quaigmire that would accelerate its decline. And second, to gain yet another foothold in the countries that surround Iran. Look at the map folks!!! WE were the ones who created Saddam. WE were the ones who courted Pakistan, even though we knew they were developing nuclear bombs. WE were the ones who, again and again, propped up dictators throughout most of the ring of countries surrounding Iran. Turkmenstan is now being courted by western companies for its natural gas (and, of course, the control that goes with it). France is currently hot to trot for the energy.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/18/business/AS-Turkmenistan-Franc...
Will Obama address the deep, deep involvement of the US that has brought Afghanistan from a peaceful and beautiful country to the hell hole it now is? Sure! As soon as he addresses our true motives for decimating Iraq, maintaining the best of ties with Saudi Arabia- that land of true 'corporate democracy/ AKA fascism), and labeling Iran as the world's leading exporter of terrorism. This is all such a crock of merde!!! We march into any country, under any pretense no matter how absurd, destroy that country, and yet, should a neighbor of that country try to help it resist, it is labeled a terrorist state. This economic meltdown has a silver lining to it: As falls the value of the dollar, so falls the power the US has to continue it rape of other countries. And as those rapes decline, the raping of Americans who are not among the elite will accelerate. Painful to watch it happen. But countries have karma just s people do.