tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5312728756883761601..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Afghanistan - Rags to Riches to RagsThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-90636712708220261552012-03-24T13:47:51.536-07:002012-03-24T13:47:51.536-07:00Yes, several years ago I picked up on China securi...Yes, several years ago I picked up on China securing Afghan's copper reserves and building a rail line into northern Afghanistan to transport the ore back to China. This is all part and parcel of our 9/11 hangover.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-75409107194539659922012-03-24T12:38:06.029-07:002012-03-24T12:38:06.029-07:00I asked the question because there were some peopl...I asked the question because there were some people who did see it coming. I remember reading an article about that very thing while in South Korea written by someone out of Singapore. Didn't you say something about it as well MOS? It seems most North Americans are last to understand what is really going on in the rest of the world. I wonder why that is...??? grin.Anyonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765384812104835792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-13532715150104109612012-03-23T13:12:59.601-07:002012-03-23T13:12:59.601-07:00Even if we didn't see it coming we were served...Even if we didn't see it coming we were served notice of it three or four years ago when, right under our noses, the Chinese locked up the rights to Afghanistan's major copper fields and began constructing a railroad to take ore back to China.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-69724095173910620632012-03-23T12:46:29.828-07:002012-03-23T12:46:29.828-07:00No one saw that coming? Do you think these countr...No one saw that coming? Do you think these countries will be able to keep their composure without some sort of conflict in the long run?....I doubt it very much.Anyonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765384812104835792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-66491679055572912112012-03-23T12:32:32.719-07:002012-03-23T12:32:32.719-07:00The Americans are anything but happy at the way th...The Americans are anything but happy at the way their South Asia gambit is playing out. Yet again they've unintentionally helped out Iran. China and Russia keep moving to oust American influence from the region. China keeps moving toward the day when it has an entirely overland oil pipeline from Iran and, possibly, Iraq. Chinese and Russian influence in the region can dash hopes for western domination of the Caspian Basin oil and gas reserves. It just goes on and on and on.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-783252249406307292012-03-23T10:23:43.757-07:002012-03-23T10:23:43.757-07:00"and for the Chinese to capitalise on that do..."and for the Chinese to capitalise on that doesn't go down well."<br /><br />Yeah! When the UK and US conquer a pseudo-colony, it should be THEIR transnationals that get all the gravy. Like in Iraq. How dare the Chinese take advantage of that whole freedom of trade and capital movement stuff.<br /><br />Live by the neoliberal sword, die by the neoliberal sword. If only they weren't taking the rest of us down with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com