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In reply to the discussion: $1 Trillion Trove of Rare Minerals Revealed Under Afghanistan [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)1. Similar thing happened to all the Native Americans.
On behalf of the sundry greedheads who wanted North America for their own, Uncle Sam made war to make the Native Americans move, first to inhospitable land and from there to reservations.
The Native Americans got to stay on their reservations until the whites found gold in them. Then the native peoples were forced to smaller, even more inhospitable lands where they stayed until the whites found oil in them...
Yeah. Afghanis are going to love their new-found wealth -- after they've paid for their occupation, of course.
And Ukraine? They should know what they're in for. They also have Twitter.
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I don't know if it was either of those, but it probably can't be posted enough.
merrily
Sep 2014
#10
I have always said this was THE reason (besides the opium poppies) for our incursions. #patsself
WinkyDink
Sep 2014
#12
There are some things for which we cannot accept a material value.
littlemissmartypants
Sep 2014
#22
DUers have been posting about this for years. This is why the 1% owned US govern-mint
Zorra
Sep 2014
#23
Why would the old Soviet Union bankrupt themselves for a country they knew would be hostile?
gordianot
Sep 2014
#28