Afghan mines

As the US leaves Afghanistan, China is knocking at their door and they will be welcomed in, because China will invest in the country, not try to make them into something they are not. China cares about the rare earth metals that are abundant in the country and not how they treat women. China will set up mines that will contaminate the earth along with the water but the Afghans won't care or possibly not even know whats going on. Americans will enjoy the solar panels and wind mills along with all the high tech toys and look the other way about the damage to the environment in Afghanistan. China has previously obtained exclusive mining rights in African countries in return for building infrastructure projects. While all this was going on the US closed down the only rare earth mine because of the environment. While the US is concerned about ground water here in the US there is no concern about contaminating the ground in other countries. This is shades of the Ugly American from the 50's.