It's not about women's rights in Afghanistan - it's about mineral rights. On a dime, media shifted from "omg, the women!" to "omg the lithium!" Also, Russia and China are evil. Pipelines leak even before they're built. In this case, they leak into the headwaters of the Mississippi as massive law enforcement gangs protect the right to environmental destruction over the right to water, to air, to life.   liberapay.com/leecamp 50% Eleanor's documentary at hardroadofhope.com - use code "minewars"