[cloudmountain]

The Pakistanis WILL continue fighting over there. They have been fighting with the other tribes over there since the beginning of time.
They Afghanis have been fighting since the beginning of time...

They all fight over land, water, past and current family feuds, you-name-it. The Hatfields and McCoys have nothing on them.
Nothing changes over there. It's mountainous, dry and nasty..worthless land. No petroleum, no water, no minerals, just dust and poverty.

[Reily]

Actually there’s a lot of mineral wealth in the mountains there. For example Afghanistan supplied the ancient world with Lapis Lazuli semiprecious gems from Sumerian times to Roman. Lots of other stuff too. Not saying we should stay just there is considerable mineral wealth there.

[Reily]

Actually there’s a lot of mineral wealth in the mountains there. For example Afghanistan supplied the ancient world with Lapis Lazuli semiprecious gems from Sumerian times to Roman. Lots of other stuff too. Not saying we should stay just there is considerable mineral wealth there.