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2008-08-25 Afghanistan

Coalition raid toll rises to over 90 - Karzai fires Afghan General

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-08-25 03:09|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top
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#1 The war in Afghanistan is more about the protection of the world's heroin supply than it is anything political or religious. There are literally billions of dollars at risk and many of those billions get funneled off to the pockets of powerful regional figures.

There is going to be a lot of "inertia" to keep things as they are and keep the usual suspects in power as they facilitate a drugs trade that spans the globe and involves very powerful and very shadowy figures around the globe.

How much do you think the mob might want to invest to see that the flow of heroin is maintained?

Posted by crosspatch 2008-08-25 03:50|| 2008-08-25 03:50|| Front Page Top

#2 The war on chemical choices (drugs) increases the costs of the war on terror.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-08-25 06:16|| 2008-08-25 06:16|| Front Page Top

#3 The war on drugs and the war on various kinds of militants cannot be separated cleanly. To make lots of money producing and selling dope, you need a large scale security force, i. e., a militia. To start a revolution you need a militia and lots of money. Dope and radical ideologs are made for each other.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-08-25 07:39|| 2008-08-25 07:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Our forces were unusually quick, adamant and precise in releasing their after-action report to the public. Our opposition has been even more adamant than usual in pushing their version of events. I hope we are not going to have to walk back our words and say 'oops, sorry', though given how we presented it is hard to see how we could be wrong (it would require outright lies up the chain of command.)

Posted by Glenmore 2008-08-25 09:27|| 2008-08-25 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Photography is so easy these days. When is Afghanistan going to release some photos of the strike areas so we can judge their claims for ourselves? So far, it's all talk.

Posted by Darrell 2008-08-25 09:36|| 2008-08-25 09:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Ummm...
You know this sceanrio stinks of a counter-intel move against coalition forces.
It's just the type of move you'd expect from a desperate force seeking to forment hostility toward the 'enemy'...

Posted by logi_cal 2008-08-25 10:45|| 2008-08-25 10:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Photography is so easy these days. When is Afghanistan going to release some photos of the strike areas so we can judge their claims for ourselves? So far, it's all talk.

What good would photography do? I'm pretty sure the enemy is perfectly capable of producing 90 dead civilians, and pictures of same, on demand.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-08-25 10:55|| 2008-08-25 10:55|| Front Page Top

#8 And if they can't I'm sure their supporters in Reuters and the AP can.

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-08-25 11:06|| 2008-08-25 11:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Give Afghanistan back to the Ruskis. They deserve eachother.

Posted by penguin 2008-08-25 11:27|| 2008-08-25 11:27|| Front Page Top

#10 Maybe we could trade Afghanistan for Georgia.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-08-25 12:18|| 2008-08-25 12:18|| Front Page Top

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