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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.


41 posted on 08/19/2019 5:38:51 AM PDT by tbw2
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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?


42 posted on 08/19/2019 6:30:16 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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It’s not worth a penny if it isn’t mined.


43 posted on 08/19/2019 6:36:33 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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Duh, and guess who is mining them? The Chinese.


44 posted on 08/19/2019 8:04:09 AM PDT by 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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