GIs guard huge Chinese mine project in Afghanistan WTF?

[panader0]

From today's Tucson paper:

"Jalrez Valley, Afghanistan- In this Taliban stronghold in the mountains south of Kabul, the U.S. Army is providing the security that will enable China to exploit one of the world's largest unexploited deposits of copper, earn tens of billions of dollars, and feed it's voracious appetite for raw materials."

Is this a good idea? Why can't China provide it's own security?

More at www.azstarnet.com I hope the link is sufficient. The story is on page two.

[Mika]

1. China should rape Afghanistan with its own security, while we rape it with ours.

:puke:

[FreakinDJ]

2. "The Beauty of Owing China $Billions of Dollars"

Trade Deficits - There not just for Facist Bush Regimes any more

[billyoc]

3. I hope this doesn't leave our heroin unguarded.

[pscot]

4. Oddly enough

The Afghanis are perfectly capable of guarding the heroin on their own.

[AlCzervik]

5. Did you ever see this article?

Keep it in the family