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Old 06-18-2010, 10:58 PM   #7
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by ZenGum View Post
Yeah. It could fund a legitimate government, but it is more likely to be just one more thing to squabble over and fund the fighting.
Right, the corrupt central government would sell the rights to foreign companies, who would pay royalties to said government, making them richer and more ruthless in their grip on power. Ordinary Afghans could work for the foreign companies, but never make more than peanuts, and certainly not share the wealth.

But who cares, as long as we get our lithium.
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