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| Aug 22nd, 2006 09:10 PM | |
| kahljorn | Wow I didn't know we were responsible for their infrastructure :O NOW I SEE WHAT GEGGYS SAYING. |
| Aug 22nd, 2006 04:21 PM | |
| El Blanco |
Well, technically, we are helping the Afghans enforce their laws. Seeing as to how we are responsible for their infastructure, we kind of have to step in here. But still, we are working on it. We obviously underestimated the warlords' productivity in that area. Geggy, you even linked and summarized to an article about a joint US-UK plan to deal with the problem. Seriously, you aren't even reading what you write. |
| Aug 22nd, 2006 03:16 PM | |
| kahljorn |
None of the articles mentioned anything about the money going to warlords and terrorists :O I DIDNT THINK OF THAT! Does it go to terorrists? Is that how terrorists make all of their money? With drugs? Generally other countries can't enforce laws on other countries. |
| Aug 22nd, 2006 02:35 PM | |
| Geggy |
Arent you worried one bit that the the profits made from opium trade will support warlords, the taliban and terrorist network such as al Qaeda? I'm only speaking from the perspective from those who believe that al Qaeda and taliban were responsible for the sept 11 attacks. Seriously...where did you people go to school? |
| Aug 21st, 2006 10:13 PM | |
| kahljorn |
Yea I mean really even if drugs were banned it's just a plant that people can grow in their own backyards. On top of that people who are downtrodden and emotionally unstable enough to be drug addicts are going to either find something else or go crazy. I don't know why there's a war on drugs at all, it's the greatest social pacifizer, AS REPRESENTED BY PSYCH MEDICINES. Granted the illegal drug trade provides crime. |
| Aug 21st, 2006 08:21 PM | |
| EVILCAKE | There farmers that need to work...better they are busy doing that then joining al-Qaida... |
| Aug 21st, 2006 08:17 PM | |
| Ant10708 | Geggy what should be done about the opium trade. And is it being enhanced on purpose by the US government? |
| Aug 21st, 2006 06:19 PM | |
| KevinTheOmnivore | I love when they speak for itself. |
| Aug 21st, 2006 03:37 PM | |
| Geggy | Blah blah blah. These reports speak for itself. |
| Aug 21st, 2006 12:11 PM | |
| El Blanco |
I don't get it. You would prefer napalm drops on the areas that the opium is being grown? Maybe you don't think the US and UK should interfere. Say something coherent. Give me your opinion on the matter. Don't cut'n'paste some article and then give a criptic one liner "Gee, this is great" or "I told you so". Thats bullshit. Its done by people who really have nothing to say but want to look smart. |
| Aug 21st, 2006 06:27 AM | |
| Geggy |
Let's see who is the fool now should we? From March 2005... The report says that the October 2004 national elections gave the government greater legitimacy to deal with the problems. But it says that while the national government has condemned the drug trade, "[it] does not have sufficient power throughout the national territory to suppress it." The report says that the United States, in cooperation with the United Kingdom, has developed a program to assist the government of Afghanistan in its counternarcotics efforts. The program includes: building popular support for the counternarcotics effort through public awareness campaigns; creating alternative income sources in rural areas; building the capacity of the law enforcement and judicial systems; destroying drug labs; dismantling the trafficking networks; and eradicating crops. The report says that sustained international assistance for economic diversification, drug education and law enforcement can reduce Afghanistan's opium production over time but adds, "drug processing and trafficking can be expected to continue until security is established and drug law enforcement capabilities can be increased." 
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| Aug 18th, 2006 11:54 PM | |
| KevinTheOmnivore | Not getting jokes is the worstest. |
| Aug 18th, 2006 10:46 PM | |
| kahljorn |
how about THOSE WHO KNOW DONT TALK AND THOSE WHO TALK DON'T KNOW ? YOU GUYS LIKE THAT ONE I GOT IT FROM A WITTY EXCHANGE BETWEEN CRACKHEAD AND SISTER, WHEREIN EVERYTIME HE'D TALK "PHILOSOpHICALLY" SHED SAY THAT IT HAPPENED A FEW TIMES AND THEY LAUGHED EVERY TIME BUT I DIDNT I THOUGHT I JUST DIDNT GET THE JOKE SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK IS IT HILARIOUS OR WHAT? |
| Aug 18th, 2006 04:54 PM | |
| KevinTheOmnivore | I think it's more like "don't believe everything you read and hear." |
| Aug 18th, 2006 02:52 PM | |
| El Blanco | Is it anything like "It is better to remain quiet and let people think you are a fool than to speak and make them know you are"? |
| Aug 18th, 2006 02:25 PM | |
| Geggy | Does Noriega, Iran Contra and Panama ring any bell? The heroin boom in Russia during the Cold War? What about the cocaine boom in the 80's? Like father, like son? EVer heard of the quote "Those who have never studied history are condemned to repeat it"? |
| Aug 18th, 2006 02:23 PM | |
| Geggy |
 WAR ON TERROR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT GREAT SUCCESS!! |
| Aug 17th, 2006 11:47 AM | |
| AChimp |
Fear the mighty Afghani Opium Corps! 
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| Aug 16th, 2006 10:29 PM | |
| KevinTheOmnivore |
OMG, WE NEVER SHOULD'VE INVADED THE COUNTRY THAT HARBORED AL QAEDA! LORD FORGIVE US! The best part about you, Geggy,is that you fail to even hit the most damaging point regarding Afghanistan. Afghanistan has become the forgotten war, and we haven't held up our end ofrebuilding there. This of course has nothing to do with the merit behind invading,which was absolutely justified. |
| Aug 16th, 2006 10:17 PM | |
| Geggy |
Afghan opium corp up 40 percent from 2005 Can't get any better than this! Aug 16 Afghan opium cultivation hits a record By FISNIK ABRASHI Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has hit record levels - up by more than 40 percent from 2005 - despite hundreds of millions in counternarcotics money, Western officials told The Associated Press. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT |
