I wrote:
Of course. It should be remembered that the current war on drugs keeps
the prices high, so that farmers and especially middlemen can benefit in
a big way when taking the risk pays off.
Andrew Austin writes:
Are you arguing that there is a war on drugs so that opium farmers, etc.
can
another point. It should be remembered that the execrable Taliban was a
exemplary partner in the evil War on Drugs and that the U.S. duly
rewarded it for its good deed of suppressing opium production. (The Taliban
seem to have that authoritarian knack.) If the Taliban is out of the
picture --
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another point. It should be remembered that the execrable Taliban was a
exemplary partner in the evil War
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another point. It should be remembered that the execrable Taliban was a
exemplary partner in the evil War on Drugs and that the U.S. duly
rewarded it for its good deed
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From: Michael Perelman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
As I understand it, the Taliban is not involved in the Drug Trade, but they
depend upon taxes that they levy from it. Nobody here is a fan of the
Taliban.
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I do not assume anyone here is a fan of the Taliban,
At 01:24 PM 11/13/01 -0600, you wrote:
Do I detect jest in this post? The Taliban is involved in the drug trade.
Officials in cities where production is heavy have publicly admitted they
cannot control production and that they will not because they need the
support and the farmers need the
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another point. It should be remembered that the execrable Taliban was a
exemplary partner in the evil War on Drugs and that the U.S. duly
rewarded it for its good deed of suppressing opium production. (The Taliban
seem to have that authoritarian knack
Jamil Brownson wrote:
What are drugs to us may only be a crop to them [Afgans], and where
poverty is grindingly real, any crop that has commercial value, and in
this case also has tradition backing it up, is real, hence any global
legality is immaterial.
Of course. It should be remembered
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From: Jim Devine
Of course. It should be remembered that the current war on drugs keeps
the prices high, so that farmers and especially middlemen can benefit in
a big way when taking the risk pays off.
* * *
Are you arguing that there is a war on drugs so that opium
The Taliban forbid kite flying, high heels, laughing
and music, yet they run drugs and guns and enjoy
lynching people.
Oddly enough, this is very similar to Calvinist
Geneva: Children and or their parents were punished
for laughing in the streets, families were fined if
they cooked extra for
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