Afghanistan as Wealthy Nation

As I have written before, the unknown events of the future will write the fate of President Barack Obama, the United States, and the world.  Good luck and good fortune play a big part in the future.

In an article in today’s New York Times about the findings of Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan could be the game changer that will enable that nation to stand on its own two feet and bring America’s troops home even faster than anyone could imagine.

Briefly, there is believed to be $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan.  “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.”

If all this plays out as reported perhaps the fight will be over land and resource ownership.

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