US to Extract Minerals From Afghanistan to ‘Defray Cost of US Assistance’

[the other mike]

U.S. Companies are planning on taking a larger role in extracting Afghanistan’s enormous reserves of valuable rare earth minerals, Reuters reported after U.S. President Donald Trump met with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani on Thursday.

According to a White House statement, the presidents agreed that the development of Afghan minerals by U.S. companies would “develop materials critical to national security,” as well as “defray some of the costs of United States assistance as Afghans become more self-reliant.”

US to Extract Minerals From Afghanistan to 'Defray Cost of US Assistance'

 

[the other mike]

"This is an unconventional war."

 

[sparky]

why is this a bad thing?

~S~

 

[the other mike]

why is this a bad thing?

~S~

Well since you raise the question, maybe you can first explain how the US can justify it. They did not ask us to occupy their country, so the fact that we're there in the first place has always been questionable.

 

[the other mike]

 

[sparky]

American interventionalism is where this is going Angelo

methinks you'll find the majority of our ventures come with a price

the world police need to eat too

~S~

 

[the other mike]

American interventionalism is where this is going Angelo

methinks you'll find the majority of our ventures come with a price

the world police need to eat too

~S~

If there's gonna be an empire, better us than China.

 

[Toronado3800]

In all honesty maybe they could have had more ties to Afghanistan and Iraq but that is funny as can be.

 

[Toronado3800]

U.S. Companies are planning on taking a larger role in extracting Afghanistan’s enormous reserves of valuable rare earth minerals, Reuters reported after U.S. President Donald Trump met with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani on Thursday.

According to a White House statement, the presidents agreed that the development of Afghan minerals by U.S. companies would “develop materials critical to national security,” as well as “defray some of the costs of United States assistance as Afghans become more self-reliant.”

US to Extract Minerals From Afghanistan to 'Defray Cost of US Assistance'

Seems a bit convoluted and like something the British would do.

BUT, if the title just said, "companies are moving into Afghanistan now that we've opened up the market" I might shrug and say at least we're using the Marshall Plan to export American Dollars there to rebuild Afghanistan one whatever we buy from them at a time.

So its all in the wording or degree of exploitation.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

why is this a bad thing?

~S~

Well since you raise the question, maybe you can first explain how the US can justify it. They did not ask us to occupy their country, so the fact that we're there in the first place has always been questionable.

Why does the Left support the Taliban?

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Afghanistan was being used as a Muslim Terrorist training camp.

 

[the other mike]

Good old American diversification.

 

[the other mike]

why is this a bad thing?

~S~

Well since you raise the question, maybe you can first explain how the US can justify it. They did not ask us to occupy their country, so the fact that we're there in the first place has always been questionable.

Why does the Left support the Taliban?

The CIA helped create what the Taliban has become, but you already knew that I'm sure.

 

[Moonglow]

U.S. Companies are planning on taking a larger role in extracting Afghanistan’s enormous reserves of valuable rare earth minerals, Reuters reported after U.S. President Donald Trump met with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani on Thursday.

According to a White House statement, the presidents agreed that the development of Afghan minerals by U.S. companies would “develop materials critical to national security,” as well as “defray some of the costs of United States assistance as Afghans become more self-reliant.”

US to Extract Minerals From Afghanistan to 'Defray Cost of US Assistance'

Why else would the US have gone there and the DOD does an estimate of mineral reserves in the country. Sounds like we are wasting military money and members to snag the swag for profit...

 

[Moonglow]

why is this a bad thing?

~S~

Well since you raise the question, maybe you can first explain how the US can justify it. They did not ask us to occupy their country, so the fact that we're there in the first place has always been questionable.

Why does the Left support the Taliban?

Why do you always lie about it?

 

[the other mike]

U.S. Companies are planning on taking a larger role in extracting Afghanistan’s enormous reserves of valuable rare earth minerals, Reuters reported after U.S. President Donald Trump met with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani on Thursday.

According to a White House statement, the presidents agreed that the development of Afghan minerals by U.S. companies would “develop materials critical to national security,” as well as “defray some of the costs of United States assistance as Afghans become more self-reliant.”

US to Extract Minerals From Afghanistan to 'Defray Cost of US Assistance'

Why else would the US have gone there and the DOD does an estimate of mineral reserves in the country. Sounds like we are wasting military money and members to snag the swag for profit...

We've already wasted $ trillions but Trump's pulling most troops out and they're sending Blackwater ( Academi) and other private contractors ( STILL at taxpayer's expense probably ). Our remaining troops will be there to cover their asses.

 

[the other mike]

 

[Moonglow]

U.S. Companies are planning on taking a larger role in extracting Afghanistan’s enormous reserves of valuable rare earth minerals, Reuters reported after U.S. President Donald Trump met with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani on Thursday.

According to a White House statement, the presidents agreed that the development of Afghan minerals by U.S. companies would “develop materials critical to national security,” as well as “defray some of the costs of United States assistance as Afghans become more self-reliant.”

US to Extract Minerals From Afghanistan to 'Defray Cost of US Assistance'

Why else would the US have gone there and the DOD does an estimate of mineral reserves in the country. Sounds like we are wasting military money and members to snag the swag for profit...

We've already wasted $ trillions but Trump's pulling most troops out and they're sending Blackwater ( Academi) and other private contractors. Our remaining troops will be there to cover their asses.

Oh, you mean our mercenaries that are free to corporations..

 

[the other mike]

I don't quote MSDNC often but sometimes ....

 

[Moonglow]

Blackwater, Cheney's old digs for multi-million dollar profits..Can they help the military lose trillions more?