June 13, 2010
Vast Mineral Wealth Discovered 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.
This could get interesting. And by interesting I mean fucked?
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Hmm, let’s see. More fucked than Afghanistan is and has been for decades? It all depends on how far into infinity fucked is willing to go.
infinity fucked.
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And by war we mean rummaging through your underwear drawer until we find the jewels.
I’m frightened.
Business always finds a way to do what war can’t, with the same “What the hell happened” occurring at a more gradual rate.
News from 2007?
Don’t worry, we’re paying for this war with oil, right?