Funny thing is there are no minerals. There's a shitload of oil but the whole eleventeen trillion dollars worth of minerals thing only exists as an excuse to promote the US war efforts.. They did the same shit in Afghanistan, they do dogshit science to claim vast treasure troves of resources DURING the war to try and justify more military spending and shit. If there were so many rare earth's why aren't there already productive mines pulling them out the ground?
So a bunch of dick head MIC sales ghouls invent these minerals and then the idiots in charge start huffing their own farts forgetting that the minerals were invented from thin air to keep the war machine chugging along. Truly brilliant stuff
Great post BTW, love the starship troopers unfold