A former specialist in weaponry and intelligence for the US special forces has made stunning revelations, alleging that American military personnel were sent to Afghanistan as early as 2009 to safeguard Chinese mineral extraction operations. The operative, who served as an embassy representative and project researcher, claimed that during his deployments in 2009 and 2010, military operations were consistently carried out to protect Chinese mineral extraction routes.
"The Chinese were there all along," the specialist stated. According to him, every border his unit secured and every operation they conducted was aimed at safeguarding Chinese interests. "I was in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010, and everything we went through, every border we had to secure, every operation we had to fight, seemed to be protecting their route," he explained.
The pattern became so evident that he reported his observations to his superiors. His command ordered him to document his findings in an official report and submit it through the proper channels. Despite following protocol, he never received a response to his concerns.
The operative expressed disappointment, believing that China has been operating in Afghanistan for a decade with government approval. "I thought it was really strange—so far into the game, and especially to place a special forces group in that area to block a place that seemed to have nothing but Chinese drillers... for ten years they’ve been messing around in the background, in Afghanistan, with the blessing of that government, while they pretended to be working with us, and we were dying," he stated.
According to Rift News, in 2007, the China Metallurgical Group secured a major contract for mineral extraction in Afghanistan. The company was granted a 30-year lease worth $3 billion to develop a large copper deposit in the country. This contract was signed approximately seven years after the start of US military operations in Afghanistan, coinciding with significant US military presence in the country where Chinese commercial interests were also active.
While direct confirmation of military orders to protect Chinese mining operations remains elusive, documented financial ties between prominent American political families and Chinese organizations provide relevant context. For instance, the Bush family has extensive historical connections to Chinese business and political interests. In 1974, George H.W. Bush was appointed by President Gerald Ford to head the Office of Chinese Affairs. His father, Prescott Sheldon Bush, engaged in significant banking and business operations in China throughout his career. As an American banker and Republican politician, Prescott Bush established high-level business connections that later influenced his family's ties to Chinese interests.
These commercial relationships significantly expanded during the presidency of George W. Bush, who took office in 2001. Members of the Bush family leveraged their political connections to secure lucrative business deals with Chinese companies and organizations. These relationships continued to flourish throughout the eight years of their administration.
Rift News highlighted that Neil Bush, the brother of George W. Bush, signed a one-year consulting contract worth $400,000 in 2003 with a Chinese computer chip manufacturer. His role involved providing strategic business development advice. Neil Bush also founded the George H.W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations, which receives primary funding from Chinese organizations with documented ties to the Communist Party of China. The foundation accepted a $5 million grant from the China-US Exchange Foundation, an organization central to spreading Chinese influence in America.
Neil Bush's business activities included representing the interests of Sinopec Group, a major Chinese oil company, in negotiations for oil drilling rights in Ghana.
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