Afghanistan

[Route 45]

Anti-Taliban Resistance Recaptures Multiple Areas as Afghans Fight Back

Local reports suggest around 60 Taliban have been killed or injured as the areas were retaken by resistance fighters.

www.newsweek.com

 

[BugI02]

Here is a country, if properly organized, that would be one of the richest and strongest in Asia.

Unfortunately, the recent history of similarly positioned countries in Africa shows that mineral riches encourage the formation of kleptocrat governments as well as kleptocrat 'liberation' movements that both relentlessly use the population and the countries resources to maintain themselves in the style that they wish to become accustomed to

 

[BugI02]

I only make the point about Afghanistan because of its truly insane reserves of wealth. There are trillions, not just billions, to be made in a land with just roughly 35 million native. One of the big reasons many of the world's empires have had a go

When the Chinese gain control of that wealth, why would they bother to go with the helpful ally route rather than follow the Tibet and Mongolia models

 

[foszoe]

WTH, is the guy getting in a nap?

 

[foszoe]

Maybe it was 1 pm central time

 

[foszoe]

maybe he forgot his lines

 

[printcraft]

WTH, is the guy getting in a nap?

teleprompter is out of focus

 

[printcraft]

bidet delivers remarks...

 

[foszoe]

and off come the mask...

 

[foszoe]

Berlin airlift?

Projecting power?

Frantic retreat....

 

[printcraft]

We've evacuated all of the media so they can't report on our ****ups.

 

[BigRed]

and off come the mask...

It is all part of the propaganda bull****.

 

[foszoe]

traded stupid tweets for inept speeches....and speeches last longer.

 

[BigRed]

Joe,

Go **** yourself all the way to ****. Take those ******** standing beside you along.

 

[JCSR]

FJB

 

[BigRed]

Why does this ******* always sound like a slurring drunk?

 

[foszoe]

good thing all his cohorts have on masks....they are LOLing, I can tell

 

[foszoe]

LOL can't remember

 

[foszoe]

no more important...but equally important, almost

 

[foszoe]

Good Bloomberg question