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**allmyflights** · 06-14-2010, 07:55 PM

I'm willing to give the US the benefit of the doubt, against my better judgement, but the article notes that natural resources are not a key to stability. copper wasn't the only thing contributing to chile's success...just look at nigeria, among others. It is certainly possible the US did not know of this, and since the US forces Afghanistan to keep drugs illegal, they've likely been frantically looking for anything afghanistan can sell to build an economy, without which the country will never stabilize.

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allmyflights Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 391 Senior Member	I'm willing to give the US the benefit of the doubt, against my better judgement, but the article notes that natural resources are not a key to stability. copper wasn't the only thing contributing to chile's success...just look at nigeria, among others. It is certainly possible the US did not know of this, and since the US forces Afghanistan to keep drugs illegal, they've likely been frantically looking for anything afghanistan can sell to build an economy, without which the country will never stabilize.
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