minerals
As if.
We go in, spend thousands of lives and billions of dollars to "liberate" them, and then we leave without laying a finger on their mineral wealth.
Then the Chinese or the Iranians come in and grab it all.
Like I said before, someone in Liberia and/or Brussels wants those flights to continue. They shut down the flights for a short period last summer but reopened them in late August or early September due to “pressure” from Brussels. Follow the money.