Pat Oliphant for August 03, 2010
Transcript:
Man: Don't you Afghans get it? We have plans for you! We could really help you. We could be building roads and bridges and schools - infrastructure!! And you don't even seem interested! Gradually we are coming to realize you don't want to help. You people are just a hopeless bunch of tribes! Afghan: Funny - that was what Alex was saying just the other day, seems like. Man: Alex? Who's Alex? Afghan: Alexander the Great: He was passing through. (Don't know about the great bit.) Punk: Great enough to know when to leave.
So, if we get one government to consolidate all the tribes, then we only have one entity to bargain with over all the billions (or is it trillions?) of dollars in minerals there, waiting for us to get our greedy hands on before the Chinese do?