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Originally Posted by steeljack
#5 I still say, re. the 'war on terror' we should have concentrated more on Afghanistan, and finding and punishing Bin Laden and his Taleban cohorts, The western imposed president Kharzai (sp?) is nothing more than a gangster , similar to the Chalabi guy in Iraq, opium production in Afghanistan is at highest levels ever and this in a country supposedly under NATO occupation .
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Bin Laden is likely already pushing up daisies. And wasn't a major Taliban honcho killed this past week? Guess somebody is still in Afghanistan getting the job done. Oh, corruption in government!!! Fancy that! You are the first I've heard to dub Kharzai a gangster. Source me, per favore. I believe Chalabi is living in Paris at the present time. I tried to find something very current on him but nothing popped up. However, here's a link to a Chris Hitchens piece in Slate, dated 2004, which gives a good overview.
www.slate.com/id/2101345
Poppy sells. The farmers can make more money from that crop than any other. Ditto in our own hemisphere. As long as there is demand, there will be supply.