created for the Western (mainly American) market in response to various
crackdowns in
Turkey and Iran.
I wish I had some reason to think America's war on drugs apparatus
might behave
sanely in Af, in particular that they wouldn't be stupid enough to
attack marijuana and
hasish cultivation
to various
crackdowns in
Turkey and Iran.
I think that's correct. Afghanistan became the number 1 producer about
10 years ago, so from a 30 year vantage point that's recent.
I wish I had some reason to think America's war on drugs apparatus
might behave
sanely in Af, in particular
Yeah--you got it--Poppies...and now that the Warlords are back in
charge the cash crop is back.
Remember that it was the US which encouraged the Taliban to crack down on the
cultivation of Afghanistan poppies. A gift of several million US
dollars convinced the Taliban to ban the farming of
On 13 Dec 2002, Sleeping Vayu wrote:
Uh...I'd point out that this is no coincidence. The Conpiracy Theorist
would say that the War on Drugs was precisely the CIA's way to keep
its own drug prices high and continue funding their own little
activites.
Plausible.
Oh, and aside from the fatass
The response of the apparatchiks is to increase the penalties until
we're all cowed, like they did in the old war on drugs.
As long as they are that successful, we don't have too much to worry
about! Besides, the CIA ships more drugs into the US than all the
other cartels combined.
Uh
