Does anyone remember 9/11? --- On Mon, 12/7/09, Leland F. Jackson, CPA <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Leland F. Jackson, CPA <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OT] Chris Matthews calls West Point "The Enemy Camp". > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 4:12 PM > On 12/07/2009 01:38 PM, MB Software > Solutions, LLC wrote: > > Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > >> <snipped> Does anyone else feel like > there is something wrong > >> with this picture. LOL > > > > > > imo, we cannot try to police the world. We need > to stay home and mind > > our own house and stop trying to pull the puppet > strings in places > > outside of the USA. > > > There are too many competing forces at work in Afghanistan, > > both internally an abroad. For example, the Taliban > was > able to greatly reduce the underground drug economy in > Afghanistan by declaring the growing of poppies as > un-Islamic, which is one good thing I can say about them. > However, the drug trafficker and War Lord want the country > > to be in a state of ciaos; because, this leave them free > from organized interference to carry on their business, so > > they love the fact that the USA will come in and weaken the > > Taliban. > > Although the Taliban ban against poppies was a good thing, > > their pro al-Queda sympathies represent a potential problem > > for the USA. > > I think the USA should say out of religion, morals, > politics, and everything else in Afghanistan, (eg nation > building), but use these forces as necessary tools to > combat > al-Qaeda. I don't want to see Afghanistan turn into > another > tar-baby in which the USA become entangled. Below are > a > couple of excerpts from a wiki. The link is towards > the > bottom of my post. > > #-------------- > > Excerpt: > During the Taliban rule, Afghanistan saw a bumper opium > crop > of 4,600 metric tons in 1999,[7]. In July 2000, Taliban > leader Mullah Mohammed Omar declared that growing poppies > was un-Islamic, resulting in one of the world's most > successful anti-drug campaigns. As a result of this ban, > opium poppy cultivation was reduced by 91% from the > previous > year's estimate of 82,172 hectares. The ban was so > effective > that Helmand Province, which had accounted for more than > half of this area, recorded no poppy cultivation during the > > 2001 season. > > #---------------- > > #-------------------------- > > Excerpt: > "Drug traffickers have a symbiotic relationship with > insurgents and terrorist groups such as the Taliban and > al-Qaeda. Instability makes opium cultivation possible; > opium buys protection and pays for weapons and foot > soldiers, and these in turn create an environment in which > > drug lords, insurgents and terrorists can operate with > impunity. > > "Opium is the glue that holds this murky relationship > together. If profits fall, these sinister forces have the > most to lose. I suspect that the big traffickers are > hoarding surplus opium as a hedge against future price > shocks and as a source of funding for future terrorist > attacks, in Afghanistan or elsewhere." > > #---------------------------- > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_production_in_Afghanistan#The_Afghan_economy_and_opium > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/yzh27xl > > Regards, > > Lel[excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
