[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

See #15.

[Marine_Uncle]

I am aware of the Chinese eye on Afghanistan. We had read articles back in 2007 range as to the potentials in A, and how various countries would like to get at their mineral resources.
I'm not against US firms going in and extracting minerals if it could be a win scenario. Just wonder how many years it would take. We yet to see a dime flowing into US coffers from Iraq. The Chinese are also in Iraq trying to make deals to get at their oil.