To: SoFloFreeper; LucyT; thouworm; maggief; Myrddin; shibumi; Hardraade; Candor7; Absolutely Nobama; ...
There is only one thing in Afghanistan that is important to the powers that be, and that is who controls the poppy yield.
That is what so many Americans have died for even though there is not a single redeeming quality anywhere there on either side. No one and nothing worth fighting for, only the poppies and not for their pretty flowers.
10 posted on
06/19/2013 4:46:10 AM PDT by
MestaMachine
(My caps work. You gotta earn them.)
To: MestaMachine
Afghanistan also has mineral riches.
13 posted on
06/19/2013 8:28:16 AM PDT by
null and void
(Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
To: MestaMachine; Rushmore Rocks; Oorang; sweetiepiezer; txnuke; Velveeta; aragorn; La Lydia; ...
"There is only one thing in Afghanistan that is important to the powers that be, and that is who controls the poppy yield.
"That is what so many Americans have died for even though there is not a single redeeming quality anywhere there on either side.
"No one and nothing worth fighting for, only the poppies and not for their pretty flowers."
................. ^
.............. This.
Also check out photos at # 3, then # 11.
Thanks, MestaMachine.
14 posted on
06/19/2013 4:28:12 PM PDT by
LucyT
("Once you've gone round the bend you've gone as far as you can go. ")
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