http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/23/nato-embraces-mcchrystal-escalation-in-defeat-for-biden/ Original and up-to-date news Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:03:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/23/nato-embraces-mcchrystal-escalation-in-defeat-for-biden/comment-page-1/#comment-5580 mike Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:37:58 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=6785#comment-5580 Actually, when the Taliban were in power they pretty much eliminated all opium and heroin production. It only began to reappear right after the US and the UK took over, which makes sense given the history of the CIA and other western institutions' involvement in drug dealing. I'm not saying support the Taliban, not at all, but we should acknowledge that the heroin trade there is being directed by western interests, who are making big bucks off of it. As long as the US is running the country there's going to be large amounts of drug trafficking, just as there is in the US. There's tons of money in it, and as far as I can see, that's the one and only thing that the gangsters who have taken over the Democrat and Republican parties care about. Actually, when the Taliban were in power they pretty much eliminated all opium and heroin production. It only began to reappear right after the US and the UK took over, which makes sense given the history of the CIA and other western institutions' involvement in drug dealing. I'm not saying support the Taliban, not at all, but we should acknowledge that the heroin trade there is being directed by western interests, who are making big bucks off of it. As long as the US is running the country there's going to be large amounts of drug trafficking, just as there is in the US. There's tons of money in it, and as far as I can see, that's the one and only thing that the gangsters who have taken over the Democrat and Republican parties care about.

]]> http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/23/nato-embraces-mcchrystal-escalation-in-defeat-for-biden/comment-page-1/#comment-5575 Compatible Creatures – War & Politics & Life - War! ‘He Who Picks A Rose’ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:39:37 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=6785#comment-5575 [...] seriousness of the problem, yesterday NATO indeed boxed Obama. From the UK’s Independent via antiwar.com: Nato defence ministers signalled their backing for the Afghan strategy put forward by the American [...] [...] seriousness of the problem, yesterday NATO indeed boxed Obama. From the UK’s Independent via antiwar.com: Nato defence ministers signalled their backing for the Afghan strategy put forward by the American [...]

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