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Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by jam321
You know I was thinking the same thing. What else is there in Afghanistan to sell?
Sand?
There is no oil. So whats the population to do?
[edit on 28-2-2010 by SLAYER69]
Afghanistan is endowed with natural resources, including extensive deposits of natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, and precious and semiprecious stones. Unfortunately, ongoing instability in certain areas of the country, remote and rugged terrain, and an inadequate infrastructure and transportation network have made mining these resources difficult, and there have been few serious attempts to further explore or exploit them.
Undiscovered Resources in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has significant amounts of undiscovered non-fuel mineral resources according to the U.S. Geological Survey's 2007 assessment, unveiled today at the 3rd annual U.S.-Afghan Business Matchmaking Conference organized by the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C.
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"Afghanistan's natural resources have a quality comparable to the highest-class minerals of the entire region," said Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United States Said T. Jawad. "We are grateful to the efforts of the USGS and our Ministry of Mines in allowing global investors an opportunity to receive the latest information on their assessment for more informed business decisions."
Afghanistan: Natural Resources and Energy
Originally posted by djusdjus
Why dismantle the mechanisms that keep the dogs out of your own yard?Apparently many haven't a clue as to what must be done to keep the american way of life going and god forbid any of it should be taken away from you.
Originally posted by djusdjus
Do many have any idea about how humanity works at all? Clearly not when they are calling to be disarmed so that the forces outside can come in and do what?
Originally posted by djusdjus
Do you think russia cares about you americans?
Originally posted by djusdjus
There's nothing they'd like more than to have the control of afghanistan that the US has.
Originally posted by djusdjus
Where do you think all the heroin and hashish in the USA came from when the Russians were running their war in Afghanistan?
Originally posted by djusdjus
And who cares about weak minded drug addicts anyway? Let them rot.
Originally posted by djusdjus
Let russia drown in heroin.
Originally posted by djusdjus
If they are strong enough as a people, it will be inconsequential and they will not have an endemic problem with it. No demand, no supply.
Originally posted by maloy
Originally posted by djusdjus
Why dismantle the mechanisms that keep the dogs out of your own yard?Apparently many haven't a clue as to what must be done to keep the american way of life going and god forbid any of it should be taken away from you.
You are not keeping anybody out of your yard, but only delaying the inevitable. The warlords and drug traffickers who are allied with US right now can turn against you very quickly. In the end there is little difference between them and the Taliban. Remember when CIA worked hand-in-hand with the Mujahadeen and Bin laden during the Soviet War in Afghanistan? Back then opposing the USSR at every step was the priority. Did those "mechanisms" keep the dogs out of your yard on 9/11?
Originally posted by djusdjus
Do many have any idea about how humanity works at all? Clearly not when they are calling to be disarmed so that the forces outside can come in and do what?
Who is talking about disarmament? One can support the US mission in Afghanistan, yet oppose the strategy.
Originally posted by djusdjus
Do you think russia cares about you americans?
Russia, US and every other country obviously care about themselves first and foremost. But that is no excuse for putting fingers in your ears and pretending that nobody besides you has any concerns about your actions. The US is not alone in the world, and if it outright ignores everyone else's concerns it will eventually find itself isolated when it needs help. And it will need help at some point.
Just so you know - cooperation with Russia is key for the US and its allies in Afghanistan. Russia allows use of its airspace and sometimes land for supplying the troops in Afghanistan. Most other supply routes (such as through Pakistan border) have been cut off. You ignore Russia long enough, and you will find yourself ignored. Brilliant strategy you got there.
Originally posted by djusdjus
There's nothing they'd like more than to have the control of afghanistan that the US has.
Are you kidding? Why would Russia want to control that God foresaken hellhole that would drain its budget dry? Getting out of that dump was the best decision Gorbachev ever made, and no politician in Russia would even consider going back there.
Originally posted by djusdjus
Where do you think all the heroin and hashish in the USA came from when the Russians were running their war in Afghanistan?
Do you have any proof or sources to back that up?
Originally posted by djusdjus
And who cares about weak minded drug addicts anyway? Let them rot.
Criminal activities beget other criminal activities. Addicts rob to get the money, traffickers purchase weapons and face off against police and authorities, etc...
Originally posted by djusdjus
Let russia drown in heroin.
What would you say if Columbia or Mexico told US and DEA and CIA to shove off and completely refused to cooperate with the US Drug War? "Let the US drown in coc aine" they would say, "what business is it to us".
You talk about the need for the US to be involved militarily around the world, and yet your ideas are more about isolationism - isolate US from the concerns of others. Sure you can do whatever you want and refuse to listen to others, but then don't expect the world to play your fiddle and listen to you when something like 9/11 occurs.
Originally posted by djusdjus
If they are strong enough as a people, it will be inconsequential and they will not have an endemic problem with it. No demand, no supply.
This has nothing to do about people's strength and self control. Every single society in the world has similar social problems. They can never be completely solved, by they can be eased at times by cooperation. Don't pretend like the US and its people are perfect and that it is everyone else whose mentality or behavior isn't up to the standard.
[edit on 1-3-2010 by maloy]
Originally posted by djusdjus
Russia is the enemy. Still! After all these years.
It is enormously cost ineffective to maintain such a vast area with so little infrastructure like roads and rail lines. The population is dwindling, less that half that of the US, occupying nearly twice the area. Aside from oil production, there is relatively little of high demand being manufactured and exported.