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merrily

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10. I don't know if it was either of those, but it probably can't be posted enough.

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$1 Trillion Trove of Rare Minerals Revealed Under Afghanistan [View all] xchrom Sep 2014 OP

Similar thing happened to all the Native Americans. Octafish Sep 2014 #1

Yeah, that "until" is the critical part, Octa suffragette Sep 2014 #25

SOLD! eom littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #2

See, we don't go to war in that part of the world just for oil. merrily Sep 2014 #3

Yep, DUer FiveGood Men posted about this in January theHandpuppet Sep 2014 #9

I don't know if it was either of those, but it probably can't be posted enough. merrily Sep 2014 #10

Totally agree theHandpuppet Sep 2014 #13

Very true. littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #18

SAD Mr Dixon Sep 2014 #4

Yep. Even truer today than when Nixon was Prez. merrily Sep 2014 #11

That was my first reaction! emsimon33 Sep 2014 #38

We go to war to protect Americasn interest. Hotler Sep 2014 #5

It is clearly the American people's duty to fight and die for those riches! Romulox Sep 2014 #6

That's a lot of mium's! VScott Sep 2014 #7

Search Mes Aynak. littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #8

I have always said this was THE reason (besides the opium poppies) for our incursions. #patsself WinkyDink Sep 2014 #12

The DU community was an exceptionally helpful force in helping littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #14

I could have sworn I'd heard about this more than a decade ago, Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #15

Exactly BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #32

Cali posted this in 2012 and that's what got me started. littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #16

Video littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #17

That could be revised to: "will play a major role in the economic growth of gtar100 Sep 2014 #29

^ nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #30

Excerpt Ministry of Mines Afghanistan: Geology littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #19

k and r panader0 Sep 2014 #20

DU is light years ahead of M$Greedia on these matters malaise Sep 2014 #21

I don't think anyone in the media didn't know BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #33

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

An organized gov't controlling those resources and employing Afghani citizens Roland99 Sep 2014 #24

Rare earth isn't all that rare bhikkhu Sep 2014 #26

The problem with American rare earths Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #39

Rare Earth. brings back memories... NRaleighLiberal Sep 2014 #27

Fantastic! littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #31

Why would the old Soviet Union bankrupt themselves for a country they knew would be hostile? gordianot Sep 2014 #28

Video ~5 mins littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #34

Joh Stewart's "Ore on Terror" is worth watching. He hits it out of the park. CrispyQ Sep 2014 #35

My my. hifiguy Sep 2014 #36

so there was something besides the pipeline we were "protecting". why is this niyad Sep 2014 #37

It's more than one trillion. kentauros Sep 2014 #40