A bit of perspective on our recent discussions on this topic: ************************* The Afghan administration had made an error its first year by paying farmers not to grow poppies. "We wanted to be kind to the farmers," he [Karzai] said. "But this encouraged every other farmer to grow poppies the next year, and rightly so."
The government then adopted its current poppy eradication strategy, destroying poppy fields, but the struggle would be a long one, Karzai warned. "Now we know: it will take a number of years � with the continued help of the international community" (Traci Hukill, U.N. Wire, June 15). ******************************* http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20040615/449_24907.asp JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
