Reading Between the Lines - 21 - Legitimate occupation

The Hindu, 30-06-2010: India has legitimate interest in Afghanistan: Petraeus

P's C: India has legitimate interest in Afghanistan, unlike us. But then, you know, with nearly $1 trillion in mineral deposits, it doesn't hurt to occupy this third-world country, as long as the greater good of the vast majority of impoverished Americans is taken into account. Like the other time, when we discovered that Iraq had 10% of the world's reserves, and so we decided to... you know, discover imaginable WMDs and... kinda secure that place for the future generations of America: Petraeus