Originally Posted by Mike Honcho

You forget to mention that Afghanistan has one of the richest deposits of lithium in the WORLD. Not to mention mineral sources valued at over a trillion dollars, just of their known resources.

You're also neglecting the fact that Afghanistan gives the United States a front door to Pakistan as well as Iran, so once you can look at the big picture, maybe you'll be able to realize the United States know has an East and West point of invasion of Iran. .

There's so much more to it, but with this information I provided, I think you should be able to better understand why.