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Matt Collins
06-14-2010, 12:18 PM
YouTube - Afghans Sitting on Goldmine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7to12B27NME)
DjLoTi
06-14-2010, 12:21 PM
wow, maybe we could eliminate 10% of our debt... but then... lol... afghanistan would have $0 worth of minerals... lol.
MelissaWV
06-14-2010, 12:24 PM
Who could have guessed something like THAT would happen? :rolleyes:

I'm guessing our troops are most assuredly not coming home now, and will need to "safeguard" this valuable resource.
Thrashertm
06-14-2010, 12:26 PM
Who could have guessed something like THAT would happen? :rolleyes:

I'm guessing our troops are most assuredly not coming home now, and will need to "safeguard" this valuable resource.

Yeah this is SUCH a surprise! ^^
Matt Collins
06-14-2010, 12:47 PM
Apparently Russia knew about this for quite a while?
LittleLightShining
06-14-2010, 12:54 PM
Who could have guessed something like THAT would happen? :rolleyes:

I'm guessing our troops are most assuredly not coming home now, and will need to "safeguard" this valuable resource.

+ a zillion
torchbearer
06-14-2010, 12:56 PM
how did they find it? were they looking for it?
Krugerrand
06-14-2010, 01:10 PM
This is something worth keeping in mind as well:

The Coconut Revolution (2001, 50min) (480x360) (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9073157933630784238#)

Wealth for the natural resource extractor does not necessarily mean wealth for the local population.