That’s a lot of Stans.
Yes. All the ‘stans’ except Pakistan and Afghanistan were former Soviet Republics, and the Soviets tried to take Afghanistan. The Soviets also had good relations with Pakistan until the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, when Pakistan then became a staging ground for the mujahedin. Complex Geo political considerations over there. I’m assuming Trump is using this as some additional form of leverage against Putin.
Make ****stan Great Again
Farah? Is that you?
I understan.....................
We need to replace Bagram over there.
Stan land.
That’s a lot of Stans...
“... Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan ...” plus others make up the area that I refer to as ‘Krapistan’.
The Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, have significant but largely untapped rare earth mineral reserves. These reserves are drawing increasing global interest as countries look to diversify away from China’s dominance in the rare earth market. However, the region faces challenges like infrastructure and processing capacity limitations that hinder its ability to fully capitalize on these resources alone.
The U.S. can be their partner because unlike Russia or China the U.S. has no territorial interest in them and any deal on minerals with the U.S. will not compromise that, whereas both Russia and China want some political influence on them.
