We Can't Leave Afghanistan Now, They Have Trillions of Dollars of Minerals - General David Petraeus

We Can't Leave Afghanistan Now, They Have Trillions of Dollars of Minerals - General David Petraeus

U.S. EMPIRE - FOLLOW THE MONEY

August 17, 2010

"If Afghanistan can become the central Asian 'roundabout,' to use President Karzai's term, to where it can be the new Silk Road, think of the implications for that, recalling that, of course, Afghanistan is blessed with the presence of what are trillions, with an 'S' on the end, trillions of dollars worth of minerals if, and only if, you can get the extractive technology, the human capital operated, the lines of communication to enable you to get it out of the country and all the rest of that. Very big 'if.' And of course, there's a foundation of security that would be necessary on, on which to build all of that. But, again, the prospects are very significant if you can achieve objectives."

~General David Petraeus, Meet the Press, Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvQJcMmPmsY