On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:52 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is this why the country continues to be in turmoil? > Sure would be easier for foreign interests to step in and setup shop without > having a sovereign government that actually wants to claim their resources. > > I see nothing good in the future for Afghanistan, and I doubt that the > presence of these minerals was not known before.
The only real hope for the country is that the presence of these minerals will help forge the political will to govern the country well and use the proceeds from the mineral rights to create a decent country. What I think is more likely to happen is a decades-long exploitation, with a handful of very corrupt politicians taking huge bribes to hand over these valuable assets to the highest bidder, probably China at this point. And since the Chinese government doesn't give a rat's ass about human rights, you can see where that will lead. More misery for average Afghans, unfortunately. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321195 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
