Reply #6: Plenty of people have been skeptical about the 'bonanza' from the beginning

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http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/06/14/say_what_afghanistan_has_1_trillion_in_untapped_mineral_resources

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/16/fp-junk-science-week-afghan-mineral-bonanza-is-bogus/

Haven't heard as much about it recently. But the timing of the story was a little suspect, as it appeared right when there was a lot of bad news coming out of Afghanistan. It's been argued that it was floated as a reason to stay. I don't know what the truth is myself. What I do know is that the time it takes to make any real money off of it will be a lot longer than the US public has patience to be there.