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Originally Posted by theking
I know and am in contact with about a half dozen people that are currently serving in Afghanistan and I have sent out feelers to them. I have already gotten a response from a friend that served two tours in Afghanistan and flies a transport helicopter (he is currently serving in Iraq)...and he told me that he flew extensively over Afghanistan and that he never saw and never heard about a major pipeline being under construction...so if one is currently under construction it is a well kept secret even from our troops...let alone the world press and our own members of Congress.
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I guess then, I was part of an imaginary project. If your friends haven't seen it, especially one who flies helicopters, then it doesn't exist.
You are talking to people who know, who have no reason to tell you about their job there. I, on the other hand, have been there, seen it, touched it, worked on it. At no time did I hear anyone discussing how they couldn't wait to tell their buddies in the USA, what they were up to.
If you were in the military, which I believe you say you were, then you know first hand, you do what you're told and you don't ask questions. If your job is to shovel shit and ditches all day, then that is all you know during that time. If you are patrolling Kabul, I doubt you're going to have any data on a oil or gas pipeline being built in another area of the country, especially if it's an area where you have never been to and not allowed to go to.