[RussianConservative]

Afghan was not poor? Is that why Bush give Taliban $48 million in Spring 2001 for destruction of few poppy field? Is that why they have such great technology with such monies...and is that why best Iraq have is: 30 year old tank and 20 year old wife guided anti-tank missile?

[Dr. Frank fan]

20 year old wife guided anti-tank missile?

A wife guided missile? That I gotta see!! ;-)

[discostu]

You answered it yourself. We gave them money to stop them from getting it through their other means. The fact that it took 48 million dollar to convince them to SLOW the traffic of heroine shows just how profitable a cash crop that is.

Iraq's military hardware sucked because they chose to ally with Russia in the Cold War. Had they allied with the country producing the best military hardware in the world instead of an overblown third world cesspool with delussions of grandeur...