mdmc
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Tue Dec-01-09 08:10 PM
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OMG! Legalize poppies to fund the war! |
peacefreak
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Tue Dec-01-09 08:52 PM
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1. Afghanistan's poppy fields is one of the things that |
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disturb me about this war. I remember too many kids coming back from Viet Nam with a hole in their arm & a monkey on their back.
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Tue Dec-01-09 09:20 PM
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2. Or just buy the crop. It would cost about $600 million, I think. |
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And wipe out a significant source of Taliban funding.
Of course, the world's junkies might not be too happy if a shortage develops...but then, the market always responds.
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Tue Dec-01-09 09:51 PM
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you have a point, but we better have a plan.
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Tue Dec-01-09 09:52 PM
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4. Didn't we do that when we propped up Karzai? |
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