To: FreedomCalls
this seems so simple.....IT'S BRILLIANT !!!
To: stylin19a
I recall question and answer session when Kharzai (sp?) was meeting with Bush a year or two ago. He was asked about the increase in production since the Taliban. He was very straight forward and said that his government offered money to burn the poppy fields. Upon hearing this, regular farmers converted their crops to poppies. (oops!)
Kharzi then went on to extol the virtues of pomegranate as I recall, of which Afghanistan had once been a world-class provider! From the looks of this recent article I guess the pomegranate industry hasn't been too successful.
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01/08/2007 10:30:58 PM PST by
geopyg
(Don't wish for peace, pray for Victory.)
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