Phil, yes & no. Those who live in Mongolia have a hard and dignified life,
not much changed for most who live outside the cities and large towns
in the last 100 years.
Everytime I look at pictures of my grandparents when they were at a young
age I see none of the modern conviences we all are use to today, and my
first reaction is to put myself into the picture. Upon doing so I wonder why
they all look ok and living life as if nothing is really wrong. For myself transported
back into their time my first very simply concern would be that there is not
any indoor plumbing inside the house. For me to imagine that each time
nature calls that I have to go outside into an outhouse without any heat in
the winter so that my rear end will have to sit upon something below freezing
puts an unside down smile onto my face. On top of that imagine after the
paper work is completed that you don't have that level to flush it all away
never to be seened again, but it will stay when you dropped it.
Now what I spoke of is from actually "been there, done that" because my
grandfathers farm was created from scratch by him and existed as such
when I lived there. My father did put in the indoor plumbing, but did not
obtain permission until later to remove the old time stuff.
To conclude with a "where and what the hell are you talking about Doug?",
I will say that those in control of what happens inside Mongolia, both in
the government and outside with strong business contacts, need money
to keep a continuation of their high, comparied to the average, standard of
living. Plus they always have folks on a waiting list that want to join them,
and thus the power base will be increased and made larger and stronger.
Its that simple 10% of the population hold 90% of the wealth, or in an
extreme case like China, 1% hold 99% of the wealth(aka government persons).
So in conclusion I say that those who decide whats what in Mongolia need
the money from the gold inside Bumbat. Add to this that they know that
if they ignore the laws of the world community and shaft MGR/TDC, that short
term gain will be erased quickly with a longer term lost of outside investment.
So those in control of Mongolia need the gold to continue and expand both
their standard of living and power base. Plus they have to mine Bumbat after
living up to the laws they told the world community that they will obey.
Conclusion, after price of gold hits $400 the government of Mongolia will
do a smoke and mirrors trick and obtain from MAC and the bank control
of Bumbat, and thru the hard labor and expense of the middle class the
Bumbat mine will be put back into service for production.
MGR/TDC will agree to a new type of business agreement with the country
Mongolia that has as display for the world community a compromise
that required from both sides to lessen what is required for a settlement.
MGR/TDC will accept less, those inside MAC and the bank will be required
to make public their each sacrifice, and Bumbat will be restarted.
This I speculate will happen if gold goes to $400, and I would support this
type of settlement. For sure, in my opinion, no person in MAC or the
bank or Mongolian citizen connected to the past MGR/MAC conflict will
suffer thru power or money lost, and especially none will be punished
thru their court system, except in make-believe.
I accept this, that those of MAC, directly or indirectly, are connected to
those who control the country Mongolia. This to me is now fact simply
because the conflict was never made into a settlement.
Doug |
