Quote Originally Posted by denuseri View Post
i would also like to point out that if america really gave a shit about afganistans mines, it wouldnt have pulled all its finacial support aftering defeating the soviets from the US backed Afgan resistance to its occupation back in 89

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why else has no one bothered to build any more refineries? could it be that the oil companies analysts have determined that an oil refinery that doesnt have any oil to refine in the next thrirty years isnt cost effective?
I think the situation in 89 was quite different from today. Back then, iron and other metals weren't that short. Here in Germany, one had to pay to dispose of a wrecked car, while nowadays junk dealers pay a good sum of money just to get at the metal. Not caring for the mines then might now seem a bit short sighted, but nobody in the world really thought that China and India would suddenly start such a rapid economic growth.