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Watchdog: Afghan poppy cultivation surging, after US spent $7.6B on anti-drug campaign
Washington Beacon via Fox News ^
| 10.21.2014
| Adam Kredo
Posted on 10/21/2014 12:53:12 PM PDT by dware
Cultivation of the illegal poppy plant in Afghanistan has reached an “all-time high” following a $7.6 billion counternarcotics campaign paid for by the United States, according to government oversight investigators.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; wod; wosd
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posted on
10/21/2014 12:53:12 PM PDT
by
dware
To: dware
Another glorious victory in the war on drugs...
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posted on
10/21/2014 12:55:45 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: dware
“After a decade of reconstruction and over $7 billion in counternarcotics efforts, poppy cultivation levels are at an all-time high,” SIGAR concluded in its report released Wednesday. And just think how high they can go if they spend $14 billion!!
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posted on
10/21/2014 12:57:17 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: WayneS
Another warrantless dog shooting ought to fix it.
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posted on
10/21/2014 12:59:06 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: TurboZamboni
I like the way you think!
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posted on
10/21/2014 12:59:54 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: dware
following a $7.6 billion counternarcotics campaign paid for by the United States
Problem with this is that the money was spent to IMPROVE the cultivation, harvest, and exportation of opium. Thats why we went to Afghanistan. Heroin use in the US exploded shortly after our arrival and continues to grow.
You cannot have a war on drugs without Drugs, Got it!
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posted on
10/21/2014 1:03:42 PM PDT
by
eyeamok
To: dware
the US waged war on heroin, and heroin won.
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posted on
10/21/2014 1:07:54 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: WayneS
Naughty Vegetables must be bombed.
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posted on
10/21/2014 1:11:45 PM PDT
by
corkoman
To: dware
Have you seen pictures of Afghanistan? Other than poppies, the only thing they raise is dust.
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posted on
10/21/2014 1:12:06 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: corkoman
They are quite beautiful.
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posted on
10/21/2014 1:12:25 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: dware
Yep. Trying to deprive tribesmen who hate central government authority of their only cash crop is an brilliant way to get their support.
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posted on
10/21/2014 1:12:53 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
To: dware
Just the CIA’s way of making sure their slush fund remains topped up.
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posted on
10/21/2014 1:16:08 PM PDT
by
VTenigma
(The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
To: dware
Why don’t we just buy it wholesale? An kill anyone who sells to anyone else. Slowly and gruesomely.
Besides, we need some drug to execute death row prisoners.
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posted on
10/21/2014 1:19:00 PM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: Mears
They are quite beautiful. You should see the mommies!
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posted on
10/21/2014 1:27:20 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Ken H
Weight for it...
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posted on
10/21/2014 1:52:57 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: dware
We should have salted the fields.....
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posted on
10/21/2014 2:04:38 PM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(Texas isn't just a state. It's a state of mind!)
To: dware
We know where the fields are.
Napalm them.
Screw the SOFA
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posted on
10/21/2014 2:09:04 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: dware
How many of our best died for this $hit......
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posted on
10/21/2014 2:16:01 PM PDT
by
onona
(Please donate to FR ! However much you can, all is appreciated.)
To: dware
I wonder what would happen to the drug trade if we had locked down borders.
To: dware
...and we wonder where those trillions went that the government stole from us. Shouldn’t at least one of these criminals go to prison???????
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posted on
10/21/2014 2:42:12 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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