prinCZess
Warrior, Writer, Performer, Perv
It somewhat strains credulity to think the same western politicians who have been exceedingly friendly to the PRC over the last two decades would be intentionally waging a secret-war in Afghanistan for the purpose of harming the PRC via a method as roundabout as the denial of assets?The desposits were never seriously exploited by us, though the profitability was there, because we could not secure the country enough.
However, what we did do was keep those deposits out of China's hands; guess who is exploiting them now?
...For one thing, it makes them sound competent. And, uh...the occupation of Afghanistan was definitively not that.