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Re:U.S. Discovers Est. $1 Trillion of Minerals in Afghanistan by Retric on Monday June 14, 2010 @12:34PM (#1430127)
The USA also had/has massive natural resources reserves relative to its population size. Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Gold, Helium, etc.
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Re:U.S. Discovers Est. $1 Trillion of Minerals in Afghanistan by eru on Monday June 14, 2010 @01:00PM (#1430217)
And all the rivers run in the right direction. In contrast to, say, Russia's rivers which mostly run into ice seas or the inland water bodies.
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