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US lauds China’s growing role in Afghanistan
2014-11-01
Posted by:ryuge

#7  It'll be easy for China to pacify Afghanistan because the Pakistanis work for them.

And they won't have any problems from the current and probably future US State Departments because they work for them too.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-11-01 20:36  

#6  The Chinese have been eyeballing this area since at least the Russians and British were scrapping over it.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-11-01 12:10  

#5  The comments, made by a senior State Department official, are rare US praise for Beijing

Another statement from the gray mass of apparatchiks in the administration. No one's going to ever accept responsibility for anything.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-11-01 11:50  

#4  Just remember:

the difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. And we are seeing reaffirmation of that postulate by Albert every day from this administration's foreign policy.
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2014-11-01 11:27  

#3  I guess it must be the opium.

$1 Trillion Trove of Rare Minerals Revealed Under Afghanistan
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-11-01 08:50  

#2  It's not every day you find someone to take a used war off your hands. (I guess it must be the opium...)
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-11-01 08:22  

#1  Every day I think they've reached the bottom. Every day I'm surprised anew.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-11-01 05:23  

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