Fortune: J.P. Morgan’s hunt for Afghan gold

An insiders’ look at the carving up of Afghanistan for foreign firms. (It also touches on Iraq, briefly.)

This bit, referring to a banker and a US official discussing a mining project, struck me as particularly cynical:

Hannam and Brinkley agreed that any such project should be led by an Afghan, lest it be seen as part of a resource grab by foreigners.

Read this article and tell me that the entire war is not.