Comments for Diplomacy and Power Politics http://www.diplomacyandpower.com diplomacyandpower.com Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:38:11 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on How to comply with nearly the impossible, and who to hire to help do it? by Alan http://www.diplomacyandpower.com/?p=785#comment-1197 Alan Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:38:11 +0000 http://www.diplomacyandpower.com/?p=785#comment-1197 The mining of Coltan has been devastating to the social and environmental structure of the Congo- to put it mildly. But how to know if the Coltan in a given cell phone is from the Congo or not? Without honest compliance and /or unless minerals have structural signatures that are traceable, the supply chain auditors will be very unsuccessful. The mining of Coltan has been devastating to the social and environmental structure of the Congo- to put it mildly. But how to know if the Coltan in a given cell phone is from the Congo or not? Without honest compliance and /or unless minerals have structural signatures that are traceable, the supply chain auditors will be very unsuccessful.

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]]> Comment on US Team Identifies Trillion $ Mineral Deposits in Afghanistan by Jack Campbell http://www.diplomacyandpower.com/?p=721#comment-775 Jack Campbell Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:25:41 +0000 http://www.diplomacyandpower.com/?p=721#comment-775 I think the US war in Afghanistan makes obtaining mining contracts, for the US, a conflict of interest. The discovery instantly muddies US motives for fighting the Taliban. It's fashionable (and to some degree justifiable) to question US motives in any operation overseas. Now they're fighting a war on top of a treasure chest. That's fertile material for terrorist recruiting. I say we just stand aside and let China take it. This would instantly accomplish two things: (1) allow the US to leverage China's help with North Korea and Iran, and (2) allow the US to show the world its intentions are altruistic. Those are two significant benefits. And what would it really cost us? Sure, we'd like these resources as much as anyone else, but we'll go on fine without them. I think the US war in Afghanistan makes obtaining mining contracts, for the US, a conflict of interest. The discovery instantly muddies US motives for fighting the Taliban. It’s fashionable (and to some degree justifiable) to question US motives in any operation overseas. Now they’re fighting a war on top of a treasure chest. That’s fertile material for terrorist recruiting.

I say we just stand aside and let China take it. This would instantly accomplish two things: (1) allow the US to leverage China’s help with North Korea and Iran, and (2) allow the US to show the world its intentions are altruistic.

Those are two significant benefits. And what would it really cost us? Sure, we’d like these resources as much as anyone else, but we’ll go on fine without them.

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