Posted on 06/16/2010 2:23:47 AM PDT by Scanian
Afghanistan just got its worst news since the Soviet invasion three decades ago: American geologists have charted as much as a trillion dollars' worth of mineral deposits in that tormented landscape.
Up to now, Afghanistan's internal factions and neighbors have been fighting over worthless dirt, Allah and opium. Assigning the battlefield a trillion-dollar value is not a prescription for reconciliation. Expect "The Beverly Hillbillies" scripted by Satan.
Even were Afghanistan at peace, its endemic corruption would generate a grabocracy -- a Nigeria, not a Norway. Throw in inherited hatreds and the appetites of its neighbors, and Afghanistan may end up more like eastern Congo, a playground for state-sanctioned murderers and looters.
Beyond reportedly vast deposits of rare minerals (lithium, etc.) essential to popular technologies, there's copper, cobalt, iron and gold in them thar hills. Afghanistan never before offered so much to fight over.
Instead of making life easier for our troops, the finds will make it harder to disengage. Washington will succumb to arguments that we need to preserve access to these strategic resources, even though it's far cheaper to buy them than to prolong a military protectorate. (US firms won't get the good contracts, anyway.)
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The last thing Islam needs is a trillion dollars.
“The last thing Islam needs is a trillion dollars.”
The last thing Islam needs is a trillion dollars more
There is no news. All the minerals are fond decades ago even before Soviet invasion. It is not oil. It is much more complicated to extract and still brings less profit. I wonder why did it appeared right now as a ‘news’. I bet some political agenda is involved.
People in the gem business have known about the country’s outstanding mineral deposits for years. The tourmaline and jade coming out of the mountains is exceptional.
If I were stationed there, I’d be sending crates filled with quality minerals back to the US. It could make you a rich man one day.
Lapis and Emeralds, too.
Tom Cullen
06/15/2010 9:25 AM
American infidels have ZERO chance of ever partaking in the mineral wealth "scientists" now say is supposedly buried in that sphincter of the earth. Firstly, would these be the same scientists who formed the very UNscientific "consensus" that spawned the Global Warming hoax? We have THEIR word there are riches buried there? Uh huh, OK.
I say, pull out of there now, and let the Chinese locust swarm have it. You can rest assured THEY'LL take care of this Islamofascist insanity toot sweet. It WILL be the very LAST time anyone hears the words "Allah snackbar" uttered out loud ever again.
If' it's a war they want then war they shall have and they can keep their stupid dope, SADDLE UP!! Thar's gold in tham thar hills, mebbe evn black erl or Lithium whotever the tarnation that is, jus gotta scalp soome of these heathen."
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