Comments on: Too Much Junkie Business http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/03/jimjoneswantstostopthatslangin/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:11:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kilo http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/03/jimjoneswantstostopthatslangin/#comment-4264 Kilo Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:14:41 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/03/jimjoneswantstostopthatslangin/#comment-4264 <p>If Afg is supplying 90% of the world’s smack, “all the poppies” would be far more than the US could use for any legit purpose.<br /> This really isn’t a pressing issue though. It has no bearing on the existence of the Taliban.</p> If Afg is supplying 90% of the world’s smack, “all the poppies” would be far more than the US could use for any legit purpose.
This really isn’t a pressing issue though. It has no bearing on the existence of the Taliban.

]]> By: Teddy Partridge http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/03/jimjoneswantstostopthatslangin/#comment-4225 Teddy Partridge Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:02:22 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/03/jimjoneswantstostopthatslangin/#comment-4225 <p>We should buy all the poppies.</p> We should buy all the poppies.

]]> By: macaquerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/03/jimjoneswantstostopthatslangin/#comment-4221 macaquerman Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:31:50 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/03/jimjoneswantstostopthatslangin/#comment-4221 <p>We tried letting poppy cultivation resume as a way of putting cash in Afghani hands.It didn’t work well. Too little of the money stays local. Farming can’t be the sole base of the economy.</p> We tried letting poppy cultivation resume as a way of putting cash in Afghani hands.It didn’t work well. Too little of the money stays local. Farming can’t be the sole base of the economy.

]]> By: NelsonAlgren http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/03/jimjoneswantstostopthatslangin/#comment-4220 NelsonAlgren Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:58:24 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/03/jimjoneswantstostopthatslangin/#comment-4220 <p><em>It’s pragmatic and realistic to recognize that military power can’t accomplish everything in an extraordinarily complex war. But is it pragmatic and realistic to set as a U.S. goal the eradication of the heroin trade?</em></p> <p>How are you going to put money if Afghans pockets if you take away the poppy crop? With out having a serious jobs/money transfer plan, you’ll just be playing right into the Taliban’s hands.</p> It’s pragmatic and realistic to recognize that military power can’t accomplish everything in an extraordinarily complex war. But is it pragmatic and realistic to set as a U.S. goal the eradication of the heroin trade?

How are you going to put money if Afghans pockets if you take away the poppy crop? With out having a serious jobs/money transfer plan, you’ll just be playing right into the Taliban’s hands.

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