U.S. Discovers Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan

NY Times ^ | June 13, 2010 | James Risen

[N. Theknow]

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.

No unobtainium?

Besides, all those mineral deposits aren't going to do any good without high speed rail between Kabul and Kandahar.

[americanophile]

LOL

[353FMG]

Followed by public mass executions of anyone who cooperated with US troops. But before that happens, we will have a mass immigration of Afghan refugees who, as a token of their appreciation, will build more mosques, live on the dole and try to impose on us the very cult that they escaped.

We in turn will provide free housing, food and footbaths at taxpayer’s expense. Muslims are so much smarter than the American people.

[lentulusgracchus]

That’s the whole open-markets idea. Open-outcry markets discount the product and disappoint the seller. That’s why 30 million US farmers went broke. That’s why the Bush family doctrine has always been, open markets and Yankee middlemen getting rich.