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A New Type of SurgePosted on Jul 20, 2009
U.S. government officials are conducting a new kind of “surge.” The DEA has started dispatching agents to Afghanistan to target opium trafficking networks that are believed to be funding the Taliban insurgency, a change from the Bush-era policy of poppy crop destruction.
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By Alejandro, July 20 at 4:26 pm #
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Will our Government never learn? Once again, smoke and mirrors to asuage the Beast. Please! The reason the so-called 93% of the heroin trade is in Afganistan is because of economics 101, (Supply and Demand).
Curtail the Demand side of the equation and the supply will cease to be profitable, very simple.
Hear is what I think. The production of illicit drugs is very profitable to the various corporations that use this business as a means to generate income for the weapons industry as well as Homeland Security, DEA and the other Law Enforcement Agencys that deal specificly with illicit drug interdiction.
Billions upon Billions of taxpayer dollars are extorted from Americans every year by this massive fraud that has been perpetrated by every administration since Nixon started the program.
Go back to sleep America…
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