Navarro
Well-known member
Rare Earth metals are the real reason we've kept trying to hold onto A-stan.
There are a bunch of deposits in of them in A-stan, and we'd very much like to keep them out of Chinese or Iranian hands.
Plus, A-stan has a border with China, so I think there are strategic implications to the bases thier which don't get mentioned to the public.
I mean, if China wants to take over Afghanistan ... I say let them.