America will never leave Afghanistan

[Ziggy]

U.S. Discovers Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan

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.

An internal Pentagon memo, for example, states that Afghanistan could become the “Saudi Arabia of lithium,” a key raw material in the manufacture of batteries for laptops and BlackBerrys.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world ... erals.html

[Regarded]

Jesus Fucking Christ...hamburger land sucks.

[WeedGuru_Flow]

Everyone knows that when the US starts a war it's because they want resources...

[wgToonces]

Give a man half a cup of water...eh..didn't really know where I was going with that one..

[TmD]

still the way America is spending money 1 trillion wont do shit for us.

and beside what right does America have to invade the afghan ppl enslave them and force them to work in mineral mines for pennys an hour???

[Bubbles]

still the way America is spending money 1 trillion wont do shit for us.

and beside what right does America have to invade the afghan ppl enslave them and force them to work in mineral mines for pennys an hour???

its called power. when you have the most power in the entire world you can trick people into believing absurd things.