Posted on 02/11/2006 8:03:55 PM PST by presidio9
Just weeks ago, Bolivian Army troops swooped down on Seberino Marquina's farm and, one by one, ripped his coca bushes from the ground.
But after President Evo Morales's inauguration on Jan. 22, the army conscripts assigned to eradicate coca leaves here as part of the United States-financed war on drugs instead spend their days lolling
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
What do we have as a legacy from the "war on drugs" - "no-knock raids" by para-military cops that kill innocent citizens and laws to confiscate property.
I hope the new President of Bolivia tosses out every American military official he can locate.
Bolivia - grow whatever you damn well please.
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