How Should We Deal With Conflict Minerals? Ctd

Texas In Africa keeps up the drumbeat against "good intentions are enough" bills:

Why on earth do advocates think that passing legislation in the United States will end violence in Africa?

Inthe case of the conflict minerals legislation, the idea is thatviolence in the [Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC):] can be mitigated by creating an auditing andcertification system for the mineral supply chains. I've alreadyexplained at length why I think this won't work; the complexity of themineral...