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2014-11-01 International-UN-NGOs

US lauds China’s growing role in Afghanistan

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Posted by ryuge 2014-11-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#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|| 2014-11-01 05:23|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-11-01 08:22|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-11-01 08:50|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-11-01 11:27|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-11-01 11:50|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-11-01 12:10|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-11-01 20:36|| Front Page Top

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