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Rare Earth: Afghanistan Sits on $1 Trillion in Minerals
NBC ^
| Sept. 5, 2014
| Charles Q. Choi
Posted on 08/18/2019 2:56:43 PM PDT by mikeIII
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To: PittsburghAfterDark
That would give the world’s 3 superpowers something in common. We wasted a trillion. It was the Soviet Union’s Vietnam in the 1980s.
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08/19/2019 5:38:51 AM PDT
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tbw2
To: mikeIII
What is the price tag for developing the Afghan infrastructure to the point you could actually mine those rare earth elements and get them to market?
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08/19/2019 6:30:16 AM PDT
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G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: mikeIII
It’s not worth a penny if it isn’t mined.
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08/19/2019 6:36:33 AM PDT
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BuffaloJack
(Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
To: mikeIII
Duh, and guess who is mining them? The Chinese.
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08/19/2019 8:04:09 AM PDT
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Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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