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Originally Posted by 12thMan

In short, yes. Granted the Chinese is a communist regime, but they will spare no expense to out innovate the US at every turn. And while we're sitting here bickering over, in the grand scheme of things, what amounts to peanuts, they're throwing money hand over fist at Solar companies.

Not only that but they're also mining the earth in Afghanistan, as we speak, for it's precious mineral resources. China, Not U.S., Likely to Benefit from Afghanistan's Mineral Riches - DailyFinance

So while we're spending billions on the war in Afghanistan, a war the Chinese refuses to participate in, they benefit from the security of our troops watching their backs as Afghanistan yields more precious resources.

Boy that article just makes it seems as if there's more bad times ahead. So our geologists are the ones finding these mineral deposits in Afghanistan and the Chinese and Russians are the guys buying it up. And on top of that, corruption and bribery played a key role in China/Russia getting these contracts that allow them to come into Afghanistan to mine. Yeah, remind me again why I have no faith in politics/gov't.