Can you imagine how the Afghan economy is going to crash - while we have been there we have been hemorrhaging cash into that country. Now, what do they have? Opium, sure, but what will that raise? That place has so few exploitable resources.
“Opium, sure,”
Chinese fentanyl will drive them out of business.
Trillions in rare Earth metals.
And apparently, Americans love their smack after they can’t afford their pills anymore.
Thanks CIA, thanks W.
They can be a world-class weapons exporter, at least for a while.
Lithium, and other rare earth minerals.
China will help to keep their economy
running along. And China doesn’t mind
if they grow a few poppy plants.