in afghanistan enough to turn the country into one of the most lucrative mining centers. senior government officials say previously unknown deposits of iron, copper, gold and lithium, are so huge that they could potentially be worth a trillion dollars. the times even quoted a pentagon memo saying afghanistan could become, quote, the saudi arabia of lithium. a key raw material in the manufacturing of laptop and cell phone batteries. the mineral wealth is scattered throughout the country, including along the border with pakistan where the taliban-led insurgency is most intense. wow. chrystia freeland, a trillion dollars is a lube rah kant i find helps smooth out a lot of the rough edges of the society. i think it could actually be really dangerous, the curse of natural resources. i think you need actually good national government in order to administrator natural resources and if you don t, if you have a
situation? i wouldn t totally disagree with it, but at some point, are they going to be there the next 200 years? at some point, it s going to be a long time. it s going to be a long time. we made a terrible mistake getting involved there in the first place. we had real brilliant thinkers that didn t know what the hell what they were doing and it s a mess. it s a miss. at this point, you probably have to, because that will collapse about two seconds after they heave. just as i said iraq was going to collapse after we leave. later on, said he was talking about iraq. when he references iraq, it seems to be different. there he is, grudgingly accepting the case for staying in afghanistan. here he is with a different reason, a variation about going to iraq. in his words, taking the oil. we fight in afghanistan. afghanistan has great mineral wealth, nobody knew, but afghanistan has great wealth in minerals. and nobody knew this.
with it, but at some point, are they going to be there the next 200 years? it s going to be a long time. we made a terrible mistake getting involved there in the first place. we had real brilliant thinkers that didn t know what the hell what they were doing and it s a mess. at this point, you probably have to, because that will collapse about two seconds after they heave. just as i said collapse wiraq wo collapse after we leave. there he is, grudgingly accepting the case for staying in afghanistan. here he is with a different reason, a variation about going to iraq. afghanistan has great mineral wealth, nobody knew, but afghanistan has great wealth in minerals. and nobody knew this. so china is taking out the minerals on this side of the