He said it will not be possible to protect the Afghan population -- the key to any counterinsurgency strategy -- without a substantial input of additional resources.
Without reeling off any more facts and acquisition figures, the key point to register is that wherever you look, China is linking physical assets to virtual trades, not just to feed gas market liquidity, but to rebalance WTI and Brent for oil.
Education and training are the key to any country's future, and without them free trade may prove more of a threat to Latin America than an opportunity.