We Are Always At War With East Asia
The recent publication of a report that’s been around since mid-2007 stating that there’s over $4 trillion worth of minerals in Afghanistan should come as no surprise to anyone who has been keeping track of the war in that country. Do people really buy that we’re at war specifically to stop terrorism now? Does it still sail right over the heads of American citizens that the other war we’re still in (Iraq) was waged to take control of the oil fields underneath the surface of that country? Now that we know there’s a massive cache of minerals and gold necessary to the continued operation of the global economy, there will be never-ending conflict in Afghanistan. This report was most likely kept quiet for this long (over 2.5 years) to allow for more time for US forces to consolidate their position in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Why?
Well, Afghanistan is next door to three countries that are extremely thirsty for resources; Iran, China and Russia. This discovery will not be lost on the leaders of these nations, and may finally serve as the tipping point to introduce full-scale armed conflict between the major players in today’s geopolitical climate. The Russians already attempted to subjugate Afghanistan in the 70’s, and these recent geological findings were actually an expansion upon surveys that Soviet geologists were working on before Mother Russia got kicked out of the country. So it’s somewhat obvious that everyone’s always known that there were massive resources lying underneath Afghan soil, we just needed confirmation. Now that we have it, let the drills drill and the blood flow. Right?
The thing that really gets me is the media outlets attempting to paint a positive picture of this situation; hailing Afghanistan as the new mining capital of the world, and proclaiming that the Afghan people will soon be rich from the utilization of the vast resources in their land. That’s silly. Anyone that knows history can tell you that vast pockets of resources are always taken over and utilized by the chief global powers, not the local people, regardless of sovereignty. Our armies will sweep over the land to clear the path for the immensely wealthy mining companies to begin breaking the soil and taking the minerals, shipping them away to be sold everywhere but Afghanistan. Their people will know untold hardships, much like the Africans did when the English discovered diamonds in their lands, or like the Brazilians when gold was found in their mountains.
Let me end with this: Powerful people will always sacrifice the lives of those who have no power in order to feed their greed. This is a truth as old as humanity itself, and thinking that we’re somehow civilized enough to rise above it is naive. Look forward to another decade of continuous armed conflict.