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To: Kaslin
You can hurt the Taliban big time, probably splintering them into self interest factions, by simply destroying the poppy fields.
9 posted on 08/21/2009 6:04:06 AM PDT by hflynn (The One is really the Number Two)
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To: hflynn
You can hurt the Taliban big time, probably splintering them into self interest factions, by simply destroying the poppy fields.

The war on drugs has been such a fantastic success. /s

16 posted on 08/21/2009 1:05:35 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: hflynn

As I understand it, that would crush the livelihoods of many villagers, therefore making them enemies. You can’t remove a revenue source without finding a way to replace it.


17 posted on 08/21/2009 1:07:09 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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