Deeds, both good and evil.....

So....."No good deed goes unpunished." The Talibani has struck yet again, murdering Doctors 'n translators who wished only to help those less fortuanate....Afghanistan is a territory resisting becoming a country...There is a government that would like to be representative of the people but they are in place only because foreign interests put them there...a government being easier to do business with than a territory peopled by tribes (extended family units governed by a strong man).... T'is always been true, all over the world....our American west, for example, was populated by a multitude of aboriginal tribes with whom the US gov't made scores of treaties (almost all broken) thusly keeping them from uniting and allowing them to be subjugated (pacified).
The outcome for American aborigines had been foretold in countries around the world since time immemorial and it is foretold for the tribal societies of Afghanistan....There is great wealth buried in the rocky peaks and valleys of Afghanistan waiting only to be exploited....It will not come at the hands of any Imperialist government but rather from the greed of corporations....The private corporations that will profit from the exploitation of Afghanistan may well foment the intrusion by foreign powers, Russia and the United States are only the latest but there have been many over the years since at least the time of Alexander.....The simple truth is that greed pretty much rules and governments, like individuals, are merely chess pieces to be played.....