Rare Earth: Afghanistan Sits on $1 Trillion in Minerals
Afghanistan may be sitting on one of the richest troves of minerals in the world, valued at nearly $1 trillion, scientists say.
www.nbcnews.com
the people who are in control have the support of China and Russia.afghanistan was losing battle from the getco
they really don't have much options... US influenced government, tribal warlords, or the taliban. they all suck.
it doesn't matter when they do the withdraw, it would have been same story if they did it in 2001, 2008, 2014, or 2021, the Taliban will gain full power as soon as the US combat troop is gone.
what they should have focused is how to safely re-locate the personnels who fought alongside the US
it'll be interesting to see what will happen next few weeks or days, Taliban could inflict heavy casualty to the new troops who are supposed to be security for the remaining personnel and suck em right back into staying
Certainly morale.Why does there always have to be some moralizing pretext to our military adventures that the public must ingest that always somehow seems to make it acceptable, even desirable? Is this our messiah complex again where we must make Afghanistan safe for the Afghans etc?
I sure we we didn't have to do that every time. It's embarrassing.
I have no doubt that some of these things will end up happening.
Oh geez.But never fear brothers, the neocons have already selected their next target for regime change and that country is none other than Turkey. Before we know it we'll have completely forgotten all about this project and will have immersed ourselves in the next one, a country orders of magnitude larger and more powerful than Afghanistan.. John Bolton is already on the case and I have absolutely no doubt that this Turkey project will be every bit the smashing success that all of the other neocon regime change projects that have come before it have been.
With a foreign policy track record like the neocons have it is little wonder their ideas continue to shape US foreign policy.
Oh you bet they're still in NATO. And he has done a lot more than just 'say it.' The machine is well in motion.Oh geez.
Talk about over-extension.
That is a war that would crush us.
Our troops would be scratching their heads.
Did Boltbrain actually say this?
I mean, their economy is shot.
I can't even imagine what the point would be.
They're still "NATO" technically, no?
Intentional incompetence
It’s going downoh jeez
I read the thread
Mega is on point, FUBAR
We will return to kick some Ottoman butt.We’re gonna fight Turkey @Former Maycee Barber Fan ! Is Australia coming ?!
Classic youse guys!We will return to kick some Ottoman butt.
And by kick butt, I mean lose disastrously and then create a national myth around 'mateship' or some other vague homoerotic notion for some reason.
some key facts to consider...the people who are in control have the support of China and Russia.
we're already gone and we ain't comin back