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A trance where "we" don't know where "we" are anymore because "these maps" are not for "us" (You Are Here) ?
Why "we" are still "in" Afghanistan is said to be a mystery to Blind Willie McTell News (Blind Willie McTell News) and to "our" government officials, who are more concerned with their towering emoluments.
Because:
"Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey–Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Industry Joint Oil and Gas Resource Assessment Team estimated mean volumes of undiscovered petroleum in northern Afghanistan; the resulting estimates are 1,596 million [actually 270 billion] barrels of crude oil, 15,687 billion cubic feet of natural gas, and 562 million barrels of natural gas liquids. Most of the undiscovered crude oil is in the Afghan-Tajik Basin, and most of the undiscovered natural gas is in the Amu Darya Basin."(Assessment of Undiscovered Petroleum Resources of Northern Afghanistan, 2006). Like climate change, and Jim Crow laws, you just don't talk about these things, now get back to work at your minimum wage labor (Blind Willie McTell News).
Once again, why "we" are "in" Afghanistan for 16 or so years is material:
"Afghanistan has abundant mineral resources, but modern technical data and information are necessary if they are to be developed successfully. Previous mineral-resource studies from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and its Eastern European allies provided Afghanistan with large amounts of technical data. The USGS has added new interpretations of the mineral resources of Afghanistan and has provided quantitative classifications and new data that are designed to help in the development of the mineral resources of the country.(Summaries and Data Packages of Important Areas for Mineral Investment and Production Opportunities in Afghanistan & report PDF). For additional information, see (USGS Projects In Afghanistan, Afghan Oil & Natural Gas, Wayback Machine History - Afghanistan Resources, A lot of mapping going on, Oil and Gas, list of documents, Afghanistan For Sale, Oil Info, Assessment of Undiscovered Petroleum Resources of Northern Afghanistan, 2006 and PDF Report) and follow the money.
A wide variety of nonfuel mineral resources is known, including important deposits of copper, iron, gold, chromium, silver, barite, sulfur, talc, magnesium, salt, mica, marble, rubies, emeralds, and lapis lazuli. In addition, USGS-TFBSO surveys have also delineated potentially extractable deposits of asbestos, mercury, lead, zinc, fluorspar, bauxite, beryllium, clays, limestone, and lithium.
Newly created databases permit an assessment of the potential for near-term economic mining of different mineral, commodity, and mineral-deposit types." - p. 2 PDF Report
"We" have religiously spent thousands of lives, a trillion dollars of taxpayer money, years of USGS snooping for oil and other resources, etc., to do what in Afghanistan and WHY?
Why? ... To take back our resources that somehow got underneath their land:
"The enemy aggressor is always pursuing a course of larceny, murder, rapine and barbarism. We are always moving forward with high mission, a destiny imposed by the Deity to regenerate our victims, while incidentally capturing their markets; to civilise savage and senile and paranoid peoples, while blundering accidentally into their oil wells or metal mines."(As We Go Marching, by John T. Flynn, 1944, p. 222; p. 241, PDF). This includes mines of lithium for green vehicle batteries (U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan, Wayback Machine copy).
People of the world take note that "we" keep an eye out for our lost resources that have somehow been spread all around the world, and that we are very busy reclaiming them (MOMCOM: The Private Parts, 2, 3, 4, 5; MOMCOM 2.0).
Or, is it because Oil-Qaeda and the other horsemen of the apocalypse (Apocalypse: The Domestic Enemies) are our real enemies and because "we" are too unaware of it ?
The previous post in this series is here.
But you don’t know what it is
Do you, Mister Jones?"
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That's tellin' it like it IS, Dredd - good job! Our taxpayer dollars at work [not to mention all the "funny money" created out of thin air]. The Pentagon can't account for TRILLIONS of dollars they've been allocated (and always want MORE). Meanwhile, there's little to no infrastructure improvement or even maintenance, social programs and the Arts are unfunded and ignored, while Congress continues to steal money from Social Security (and they NEVER pay it back).
ReplyDelete"Study concludes Exxon misled public on climate change" - link
ReplyDeleteAs I understand it, the magical Sky God secretly hid away America's natural resources under the soil of Afghanistan for the End Times generation. There they have lain unmolested in all of their glory for thousands of years (since the beginning), awaiting this final unveiling.
ReplyDeleteIn His Infinite Wisdom, the Great Invisible and Silent Deity withheld the secret knowledge of this vast trove of wealth and riches - especially from the heathen races who refuse to repent and worship the One True.
In His Mercy, He allowed thousands of years for their discovery, but the heathens refused to repent of their wickedness.
But now, finally, under the Highly Esteemed Lordship of Trump The Faithful, America will be finally rewarded for her faithful selection of the Most High Evangelical Shepard to the Office Of The President, along with his replacement, the Honorable Pence, The Prince.
Riches and reward now await the Bold and Faithful who will be soon instructed to Recover the Secreted Riches of America long since hidden away under the soil of Afghanistan.
As always, the cost in Blood and Tears will be demanded as the essential sacrifice (blood offering) required.
American mothers and fathers will soon be saying their final goodbyes to their chosen sons and daughters who will engage for their country in the supposed 'final' bloodbath of the end times. Orders for American flags and coffins will be increased. Patriotic parades with blaring bands will resume their marching. School children will stand in awe.
And Pence the Prince will be crowned, holding back the Darkness.
And America will be great. Again.
~JR~
JR,
DeleteTranslated into modern journalistic terms: "The previously unknown deposits — including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium — are so big and include so many minerals that are essential to modern industry that Afghanistan could eventually be transformed into one of the most important mining centers in the world, the United States officials believe.
An internal Pentagon memo, for example, states that Afghanistan could become the “Saudi Arabia of lithium,” a key raw material in the manufacture of batteries for laptops and BlackBerrys." (U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan, by James Risen, NYT)
Agree - and "Amen". ~JR~
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