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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
1.8 billion barrels isnt much. I'm sure the conspiracy theorists will assume the US knew the oil was there all along.
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^^lol
The conspiracy theorists tend to think the invasion was done to build the Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (which has yet to be started due to the war).
Agreed about it not being much though. 1.8 Billion puts them in 32nd in the world. Canada literally has 100x as much.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/en...y-oil-reserves
I doubt anyone will be exploiting the resources for quite some time, and I would venture a guess that Europe, USA and Russia will have almost nothing to do with it when it does happen.
With all the drugs and oil, Afghanistan will eventually feed more western vices than Las Vegas!