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This Afghanistan strategy of twitlers is all about getting the 1+ trillion worth of minerals there
No strategic reason. Afghanistan is a broken country that is not attacking us. It is all out getting those minerals we've known about since 2010. Putin also wants in on that action.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_in_Afghanistan
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-minerals-idUSTRE65D0OH20100614
(Old article from 2010)
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0614/What-could-1-trillion-in-mineral-wealth-mean-for-Afghanistan
https://www.kcet.org/shows/democracy-now/trump-could-prolong-afghan-war-to-exploit-1-trillion-in-untapped-mineral
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7835657/Afghanistan-claims-mineral-wealth-is-worth-3trillion.html
It's all about the money with this bastard.
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