THERE'S GOLD IN THAT THERE WAR!
(IMAGE AND TITLE FROM HUFFPO)
$1 TRILLION IN MINERAL DEPOSITS "FOUND" IN AFGHANISTAN, PENTAGON RELEASES.
Is the Pentagon releasing this "find" as a way to garner support for the war in Afghanistan, as people begin to wonder what we are achieving in a war which is now longer than either World War 1 or 2 or Vietnam? As if now it's going to be ok because there's gold to rob them of? But wait--this new find isn't even new news since it's been available since 2007. Let's legalize heroin and Afghanistan will really be a gold mine with no drilling needed!
FROM HUFFPO:
Read a little more carefully, though, and you realize that there's less to this scoop than meets the eye. For one thing, the findings on which the story was based are online and have been since 2007, courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. More information is available on the Afghan mining ministry's website, including a report by the British Geological Survey
You can also take a look at the USGS's documentation of the airborne part of the survey here, including the full set of aerial photographs. Nowhere have I found that $1 trillion figure mentioned, which Risen says was generated by a Pentagon task force looking to help the Afghan government develop its resources (looking at the chart accompanying the article, though, it appears to be a straightforward tabulation of the total reserve figures for each mineral times current the current market price).
According to Risen, that task force has begun prepping the mining ministry to start soliciting bids for mineral rights in the fall. Indeed, opponents of the war have questioned whether Monday's Times story is the Pentagon's latest attempt to persuade an increasingly frustrated American public that Afghanistan is worth the costs in blood and treasure.
BUNNY NOTE:
NOT TO MENTION THAT WE ARE TOO BROKE HERE IN THE US TO HAVE HOSPITALS, UNEMPLOYMENT OR SUMMER SCHOOL. THAT IS A LITTLE FRUSTRATING. But now we feel better since we can occupy some middle eastern country and rob them?
MORE: HUFFPO
$1 TRILLION IN MINERAL DEPOSITS "FOUND" IN AFGHANISTAN, PENTAGON RELEASES.
Is the Pentagon releasing this "find" as a way to garner support for the war in Afghanistan, as people begin to wonder what we are achieving in a war which is now longer than either World War 1 or 2 or Vietnam? As if now it's going to be ok because there's gold to rob them of? But wait--this new find isn't even new news since it's been available since 2007. Let's legalize heroin and Afghanistan will really be a gold mine with no drilling needed!
FROM HUFFPO:
Read a little more carefully, though, and you realize that there's less to this scoop than meets the eye. For one thing, the findings on which the story was based are online and have been since 2007, courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. More information is available on the Afghan mining ministry's website, including a report by the British Geological Survey
You can also take a look at the USGS's documentation of the airborne part of the survey here, including the full set of aerial photographs. Nowhere have I found that $1 trillion figure mentioned, which Risen says was generated by a Pentagon task force looking to help the Afghan government develop its resources (looking at the chart accompanying the article, though, it appears to be a straightforward tabulation of the total reserve figures for each mineral times current the current market price).
According to Risen, that task force has begun prepping the mining ministry to start soliciting bids for mineral rights in the fall. Indeed, opponents of the war have questioned whether Monday's Times story is the Pentagon's latest attempt to persuade an increasingly frustrated American public that Afghanistan is worth the costs in blood and treasure.
BUNNY NOTE:
NOT TO MENTION THAT WE ARE TOO BROKE HERE IN THE US TO HAVE HOSPITALS, UNEMPLOYMENT OR SUMMER SCHOOL. THAT IS A LITTLE FRUSTRATING. But now we feel better since we can occupy some middle eastern country and rob them?
MORE: HUFFPO
posted by Lady Bunny at Monday, June 14, 2010
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