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Re:U.S. Discovers Est. $1 Trillion of Minerals in Afghanistan by alexgartrell on Sunday June 13, 2010 @10:19PM (#1428651)
I think it'd take a lot more than a trillion bucks to make China and the US get into any kind of bullets and bombs dispute. A war with China would cost a LOT more than a trillion bucks.

If China underbids us and we're unable to leverage state power or anything of that nature, I'm sure we'll just lick our wounds and give up. Anything else would be really, really stupid.

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Re:U.S. Discovers Est. $1 Trillion of Minerals in Afghanistan by baguasquirrel on Monday June 14, 2010 @12:21AM (#1428878)
Nations, like people, make stupid mistakes sometimes. Look at the defining wars of the previous century.
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