Any military intervention in the middle-east naturally raises questions about motivation and oil concerns. After all, we’ve seen oil and motor companies dismantle American public transit systems, send out death squads to execute protestors in Nigeria, and promulgate the notion that massively toxic spills in the fragile Arctic are “mousse.” Are oil concerns interested in Afghanistan? Most assuredly. Mother Jones has broken the story of Unocal’s support of the Taliban as they attempted to build a Caspian pipeline. Sure, they’re a lefty mag with an agenda, but they’re not making this stuff up — check out this Congressional testimony from Unocal’s VP of International Relations: Link. Link Discuss (Thanks, Pat!)