WASHINGTON — The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials.

 

The previously unknown deposits — including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium — are so big and include so many minerals that are essential to modern industry that Afghanistan could eventually be transformed into one of the most important mining centers in the world, the United States officials believe.

 

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occupation has just been extended by 5 years then!

5 years? The US is still in Japan!! We'll be on the moon before we're out of the Middle East.

Weren't we already there? :P

We're still in Japan? :huh: What for?

Weren't we already there? :P

 

That's quite debatable actually! And what I was referring to is the fact that we will have colonies on the moon before we are out of the Middle East :laugh3:

 

We're still in Japan? :huh: What for?

 

Mmmm something happened in the 1930's and 1940's that was kind of a big deal. I think it was called World War II? ;)

Same with the military bases in Germany for that matter...

Yes and the hundreds we have scattered across the globe :dozey:

Like Colombia.

Well this are great new for the american capitalist entrepreneurs ergh Afghans.

That's quite debatable actually! And what I was referring to is the fact that we will have colonies on the moon before we are out of the Middle East :laugh3:

 

:lol:

Yeah if we moved even half of our people/troops from places that there appears to be no reason for us to be there, and moved them to the Gulf to help with the oil spill, the water and beaches would be clean by now. Argh.

Yeah if we moved even half of our people/troops from places that there appears to be no reason for us to be there, and moved them to the Gulf to help with the oil spill, the water and beaches would be clean by now. Argh.

 

Fun fact: the reason Muslim extremists hate us is BECAUSE we are in their Holy Land. IF we would just fuck off and let them do their business they wouldn't be flying planes into buildings.

The US military really has a pretty shoddy record when it comes to fixing problems.

 

Why doesn't anybody point this out? Instead we're told they "need more money" or something.