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Afghanistan has vast reserves of minerals, including valuable rare earth metals and oil. With a friendly (whether democratic or not) government they could be mi

by jotm 13y ago

Afghanistan has vast reserves of minerals, including valuable rare earth metals and oil. With a friendly (whether democratic or not) government they could be mined efficiently, supplying the world and making Afghanistan rich at the same time. Like it happened with UAE. I don't understand why the locals would not want that. We're gonna get there sooner or later, anyway... Plus there's the issue of Afghanistan supplying opium to the world, but that doesn't concern the US with Mexico next door.

hartator 13y ago
UAE is not really a democracy. I think that's a issue. Only a few people are made rich by the exploitation of oil. And they aren't entrepreneurs. They use foreign companies to bring them money and that's not faire. Like because they manage to exploit people, we should give this local kings money and power? I can see why nothing is better than that.