re: #558 Expand Your Ground

Afghanistan has a lot of mineral resources, but it lacks the physical, economic and political infrastructure to give anyone an incentive to pursue extracting them…

Except for India and China. Two nations with a billion or so people. Really? Does anyone think some taliban here and there are going to stop China from getting their money out of the mining rights they outbid India for. The Silk Road is right there. I think the Taliban will think twice or three times about F*ing with the Chinese supply routes. Anyway, we’ll see how it all works out. Like I said, its not a news secret that the government of Afghanistan is awarding mining contracts left and right. I’m just surprised no one seems to see that this in all likelihood has a lot to do with why we are still there long after we left Iraq.