One of the biggest US Special Forces firefights of all-time was in Afghanistan in the Shok Valley. The fight was to remove a terrorist warlord who was running illegal rare earth mines to build his own empire in the province. @JoeSquawk @andrewrsorkin @BeckyQuick @CNBC
https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1427615635807277062
Be sure to look up this vicious battle as 15 Green Berets and 65 Afghan commandos fought an ambush of over 250 terrorists and not one single American 🇺🇸 died that day in a 6-hour firefight that endured 70 danger-close bombings of 1000lb JDAMS. While some of our bravest won’t
Have their arms or legs grown back, they fought for peace, stability, and the long-term economic prosperity of Afghanistan. With China moving in to rape the countryside and the people of Afghanistan, that dream will never be realized. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of…
Very few know that the battle of Shok Valley was about long-term economic architecture of Afghanistan and rare earth metals and the #USA #China #GreenBerets #Afghanistan
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