battle of the poppy fields

[namvet]

US marines are in a fight with desperate Taliban forces trying to protest their biggest financial recourse. drugs


GARMSER, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines are trading gunfire and artillery shells with Taliban militants in the volatile southern province of Helmand, the world's largest poppy-growing region.



defoliants are the answer here. destroy it all. and the agent is orange.

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[mundame]

US marines are in a fight with desperate Taliban forces trying to protest their biggest financial recourse. drugs



defoliants are the answer here. destroy it all. and the agent is orange.

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We'll lose; we always lose.

The poppy crop is DOUBLED since we came in there.

Same deal with Colombia, too: lots of spraying, coca crop is INCREASED, and where it's sprayed, they slip over the border and plant in Venezuela.


Oh, well. Whatever. Who cares? The great thing is not to take these drugs ourselves. Those who do take them rapidly don't matter, and soon don't exist, so never mind.

[Gaffer]

We'll lose; we always lose.

The poppy crop is DOUBLED since we came in there.

Same deal with Colombia, too: lots of spraying, coca crop is INCREASED, and where it's sprayed, they slip over the border and plant in Venezuela.


Oh, well. Whatever. Who cares? The great thing is not to take these drugs ourselves. Those who do take them rapidly don't matter, and soon don't exist, so never mind.

we'll only lose if we are not allowed to finish the job.