3.6 billion estimated barrels is not a lot of oil, when compared to every other oil producing country. It is almost none in the scheme of things. If we’re were invading places for oil and all we needed were scary brown muslims, we’d have done it elsewhere.

Afghanistan will never be stable enough to develop any kind of industrial infrastructure.

Looks like their priorities are the retired, sick and unemployed.

Considering this bomb was manufactured in 2003, i’d say it’s been paid for a long time ago.

It is still not clear to the family how Malachi got his hands on the dangerous weapon. Stephens said that he got the gun from a friend who got it from someone else. Investigators are looking into finding out who originally had the gun and passed it to the friend, the news station notes.

Just as soon as they find an enemy that lasers are actually useful against.

The problem with not having a crew on a cargo vessel: Who fixes it if it breaks down in the middle of the ocean? Thing with having a Ships Engineer and their crew is that they can detect problems before they become major and do repairs while underway to reduce downtime.