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    Default China Fills The Void Left By US In Afghanistan

    No surprise, it's what they've been doing all through their hemisphere and beyond: https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/03...mining-n455151


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    Quote Originally Posted by Kathianne View Post
    No surprise, it's what they've been doing all through their hemisphere and beyond: https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/03...mining-n455151
    We discussed this before the fact. Guess we guessed right

    Be interesting to see how it works out between commies and religious zealots. I didn't see that aQ and/or ISIS signed on. There's that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
    We discussed this before the fact. Guess we guessed right

    Be interesting to see how it works out between commies and religious zealots. I didn't see that aQ and/or ISIS signed on. There's that.
    They don't have competing goals. China gets rare-earth metals, religious zealots get money to persecute their own people; win-win.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fj1200 View Post
    They don't have competing goals. China gets rare-earth metals, religious zealots get money to persecute their own people; win-win.
    Perhaps to start. When the Taliban wakes to the realization they are being exploited, have trapped themselves and/or want more? The Taliban's not known for being very imaginative in its response.

    I'm also remembering how quickly the US military ran their asses out of the country ANDD how quickly ISIS took over a big chunk of Syria, Iraq and got into Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

    China's that "friend" you let stay the night on your couch and never leaves.
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