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2008-02-05 Afghanistan

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Posted by john frum 2008-02-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 Forgot one.
-Trying to civilize a bunch of clinically certifiable sociopaths.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-02-05 01:49|| 2008-02-05 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Afghanistan is mostly stable. Most problems are in the Pashto and Waziri regions. I blame: the UN for wasting money on refugee centers, which are terror bases; Pakistan's indulgence of Islamofascism; Karzai's brazen protection of the opium, cum heroin, industries as run by his fellow Pashtos.

Myth: there is no opium eradication in Afghanistan. If fact, crop replacement is extensive in all but Helmand District, which produces most opium that is used in Asia, Europe and Africa. Under the Taliban, the government took 15% of the drug trade, and this continues. Helmand is under Taliban sovereignty, and is so because Karzai strongly resists US air operations in his Pashto homeland. Heroin production was non existent when the Taliban took over; now Afghanistan exports little raw opium. UN documents record the exact location of the major heroin factories. Much of the killing of NATO troops can be directly attributed to the drug-prosperity that follows our indulgence of Karzai.

This issue will blow up in someone's face. It may take time but some US politician will glide into office, when a commitment is made to end drug/oil exploitation by our parasitic allies.

Posted by Waldemar Clatch3522 2008-02-05 14:02|| 2008-02-05 14:02|| Front Page Top

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