Folks, let's finally bury this news as a PR-gag launched by Pentagon (or some other US government agency) spin-doctors. Why would they do it? People in western countries are tired of the war in Afghanistan. There's no real progress despite big plans of the western nations for this year alone. And until June 2010 western military forces have had more losses than in first three years of engagement there. So, because no one believes in the myths of "bringing freedom and democracy" and "building schools and civil society" anymore , we need a new reason to stay there: Resources! I'm not denying that they don't exist. But...
1. Until there is real analysis of the ground you cannot predict its size and value.
2. There's still a problem of how to export all that minerals from Afghanistan. Even with peaceful and unarmed population, the country doesn't have any notable infrastructure (trains, harbor), many of those areas are in mountains etc.
1. Until there is real analysis of the ground you cannot predict its size and value.
2. There's still a problem of how to export all that minerals from Afghanistan. Even with peaceful and unarmed population, the country doesn't have any notable infrastructure (trains, harbor), many of those areas are in mountains etc.