America......the opium dealer of the world

Under our watch the production of opium in Afghanastan has grown ten fold. The Taliban fought it when it ruled its country. Now they profit from it and spread the poison like we were going to spread democracy. We do not have clean hands. Vice on HBO is the best news program on TV today.

That's horse crap Seaoat. We've been combatting that growig of opium due to the fact that the Taliban sold this product to buy weapons and we sent agricultural experts to try and help the afghan people learn to farn something else aside from the poppy plants. That's a difficult task because Astan is not a very arable (with
The exception of the poppy) land and general agriculture is hard to make a living on in that country . You'd thinking quid be different in a nation where hunger is an issue, but it is not.

Major points of ambush//IEDs and areas used for poppy
Production were always located in areas where poppy
Plants werr being cultivated or routes used for smugglers to supply this product to buyers. We went in and irradicated major oarts if the Helmand Province poppy production early on in this conflict and it drove a lot of the farmers in bed with the Taliban because of killing this crop.

I've been to Astan homey. I've studied the IPOE for this entire country. Ive done my own IPOE briefs as well. You are a flat out liar on this issue.

I've been to Astan homey. I've studied the IPOE for this entire country. Ive done my own IPOE briefs as well. You are a flat out liar on this issue.



Then you were an active part of America's malfesance as poppy production increased ten fold in the last decade as heroin abuse across the world has risen as we poison many a country.......and HBO vice suggests specifically that many believe that this was no accident in regard to Iran. Pretty big policy failure as these awful Taliban terrorist used to crush heroin production, and now they are helping in the same.....it kind of tells any objective observer how totally failed our mission was in the country, and how stupid it is to call these people terrorists.......under our watch we have terrorized the world with ten fold production of smack......another laurel to add to our many.

Clueless

HBO - Liberal lackey media production

Vice.....the best news program on TV today, and sorry they pointed out your failed mission.

http://ivn.us/2013/07/02/u-s-presence-in-afghanistan-led-to-increase-in-countrys-opium-supply/

U.S. Presence in Afghanistan Led to Increase in Country’s Opium Supply

"Afghanistan’s third straight year of opium production increase has stirred concerns that after foreign departure, it may become “the world’s first true narco-state.” However, the United Nation’s report on this growing issue is glaringly incomplete.

The United Nation’s Office of Drug and Crimes (UNODC) 2013 World Drug Report credited Afghanistan with 74 percent of global opium production — a conservative estimate — which placed Afghanistan as the world’s top opium producer yet again.

Production of opium has increased since the arrival of foreign boots on the ground. This marks a contradiction to the widely trumpeted concerns that foreign departure will lead to an increase in opium production.

While the region has always been known for production of opiates, a less cited statistic is that its production since the 2001 U.S. invasion has reached heights it had previously not achieved.



"The United Nations claims the need to shut down production of the drug as a means to cut funding to the Taliban. However, a relevant note from recent history shows the Taliban was the largest prohibiting factor of opium production in the year prior to American intervention.

In 2000, Afghanistan produced 3,300 tons of opium, but a harsh Taliban prohibition on the drug cut it to 185 tons. The 2001 yield was the lowest level of Afghanistan opium production in years. The low yield made a large dent in the global opium supply — a multi-billion dollar industry.

The United States invasion, and resulting destabilization of the region, saw opium jump back up to pre-ban levels and continue to soar past them..."

Why bother showing Pace the truth.....he went over there and caused this poison to destroy people, and the very taliban leaders he claims are X men capable of leaping buildings and destroying America, stopped smack production almost completely only to have Pace and his clued agenda spread this poison throughout the world.....Mission accomplished huh Pace?

The article goes on to state that the Taliban was not making the majority of profits from the opium operations...which raises the question, "Who was?"

And, while we're on the subject, the Taliban is NOT THE SAME as Al Qaeda, which has also been referred to as Al-CIA-duh.

The same Taliban leadership who were our buddies during the Russian invasion, and the same folks who fought the poison, are not x men who are going to fly to the US with their super powers and destroy us.....propoganda rots brains.

Pacedog represents that 1/4 of the American population who believe that the way you solve international problems is you threaten and bully other countries, and if it's deemed "in the national interest" [Read if that country has something worthwhile we can steal] we send in professional soldiers like Pacedog, who, according to him never fought a war he didn't win -- including Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Pacedog represents that sick, unreliable, poorly trained and poorly led part of the U.S. military that thinks body counts including old men, women and children are a necessary part of American style warfare.

Historically, he doesn't recognize the Italians as one of the the three Axis nations at the beginning of WWII, he doesn't realize we've traded POWs with enemies-of-the-moment in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War and virtually every major war since then, and yet, Florida credits him as a highschool teacher (no wonder our kids fail when measured by international educational standards).

An abject racist, he's hated Obama from the beginning of his political career, and calls himself an American patriot. He's also claimed he agrees wholeheartedly with restrictions that would bar anyone from voting in the U.S. who doesn't own property.

Following his advice, we will be sacrificing young men and women in uniform to the gods of profit (MIC) forever, and in a fashion that guarantees none of our costs thereof will ever have a payoff for those of us forced to pay for such folly. What did we get for Vietnam? Nada. What did we get for Iraq? Nada. What did we get for ten years' effort in Afghanistan? Nada.

Yessirree sir, we should listen close to this arrogant, mentally challenged ex-GI whose political advice has all the value of last week's garbage.

His closest allied team-members on this forum are Herr Markle, our resident Nazi who claims that anyone who doesn't work for a living (include retired folks and all unemployed people) is an enemy of those who do.

And, of course, Chrissy, our resident lesbian bad mouth who, all too frequently resorts to tossing disgusting sexual innuendos at those who debate her in this forum.

These three are vehement racists and haters towards all who don't agree with them 100%.

I've been a member of this forum for years and have yet to hear any hopeful comment from any of these folks.

One thing for sure; they're not in the business of trying to persuade anyone to their point of view on any subject. They focus on insulting their opponents.

And they do so without humor, and crudely, without talent, or wit.

Reality

You guys are the reason why this nation is all jacked up and will deserve every bad thing that Obama throws at you. Some of us will be immune to the stupidity though, thank God.

PACEDOG#1 wrote:You guys are the reason why this nation is all jacked up and will deserve every bad thing that Obama throws at you. Some of us will be immune to the stupidity though, thank God.

Fortunately, you and people who think like you are a small minority, even in Pensacola.

You guys are the reason why this nation is all jacked up

Sorry, you went over and helped increase the smack in the world....do not blame us for your screw up.......because the nation is jacked up and kids are doing heroin........dope dealer with a uniform, and you think the guy who walked off post is the bad guy.........you bought into the destruction of a country to get Bin Laden, and now you make the bad guys out as the leaders of a nation who repealed the dope dealers......you must have gotten a little of that dope money to keep promoting war, hate, and denial of reality. The war is over, and hopefully some of those bad guys in Gitmo can get back in country and stop the smack trade, and stop the American promotion of the same.

They represent a very small minority (but a vocal one...).


Who can selectively turn their head to OUR bad behavior, and yet judge a kid who could not turn his head and was disillusioned with the way we are treating the afghan people.

seaoat, you have become more and more INSANE with your defense of this terrible president.

You have stooped low by attacking PD's military service and with this thread you want so bad to try and make the military and America look bad so you can compare it to how wonderful those 5 terrorist were that Obama set free.

You need to seek help.