On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 14:09:31 +0000, notbob wrote:

On 2010-12-25, HeyBub wrote:

Nobody thinks we can WIN in Afghanistan. The object has always been not
to lose.

The object has always been, and always will be, to keep the
military-industrial complex rolling in $$$$. Exporting war is our
primary business. Duh!


The object now is to secure the Trillions of dollars worth of lithium
deposits found in July in Afghanistan by American geologists. So expect
the US to be there for many years because of the potential trillions of
dollars of an important mineral like lithium. The stuff is used to make
cell phone batteries and more and more batteries for just about every
small electronic device. Whoever controls this will have the corner on
the market for sure.