Comments on: Comments on 10786

Post number 10786

tpoh.org — Mon, 24 Sep 2001 18:57:25 -0800

Taliban Magic Trick: $43m...now you see it, now you don't! "Afghan farmers are ready to swamp world markets with heroin amid signs that the Taleban has dropped its ban on opium growing."

Okay...can we please end the War on Plants now?

By: Aikido

Aikido — Mon, 24 Sep 2001 19:16:10 -0800

Woooo I wonder if the Swiss way of doing things is the right one

By: BlitzK

BlitzK — Mon, 24 Sep 2001 20:08:54 -0800

I agree! The War on plants needs to stop.

By: Postroad

Postroad — Mon, 24 Sep 2001 20:34:33 -0800

War on drugs aside, the US had given them money not to grow and ship but I have seen suggestions that they took the money and went on planting. In addition, we gave 15 million in humanitarian aid--unless that was a different name for the dope deal. But in any case, in about a week from now, the Talleman will not be doing much farming and selling abroad. Clearly, no matter what takes place as far as our military, we are moving to asssist the Northern opposition to dump the Tallyman (how are your bananas?). If this comes to pass, then the dope thing again might be an issue...

By: bitcrank

bitcrank — Mon, 24 Sep 2001 20:59:37 -0800

How is it that I've been flooded with photos of the wasteland that is af, and I've yet to see one of the sprawling opium fields...

By: aramaic

aramaic — Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:42:50 -0800

War on Plants? Dammit boy, those Triffids will be all over the damn place if we don't keep 'em down! Christ, what kind of commie plant-sympathizer are you? Plants killed my entire family, and now I'm gonna wipe 'em out once and for all!

By: dopamine

dopamine — Mon, 24 Sep 2001 22:35:33 -0800

How come they don't just grow food instead of opium?

By: Optamystic

Optamystic — Mon, 24 Sep 2001 23:39:17 -0800

Because you can't charge $60 a Kilo for watermelons. Not even seedless ones.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:32:33 -0800

> the Taleban has dropped its ban on opium growing. You see? Every dark cloud does have a silver lining?

By: pracowity

pracowity — Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:38:59 -0800

[?.]

By: sacre_bleu

sacre_bleu — Tue, 25 Sep 2001 05:27:54 -0800

Um ... shouldn't the article say that the Afghan farmers are getting ready to flood the market with opium, not heroin? Which might seem like nitpicking, but it's the difference between coca paste and crack. That is, you still need a more sophisticated segment of the criminal organization to get it to market. The Afghan farmers aren't going to be generating junkies without a whole lot of help from others.

By: Slithy_Tove

Slithy_Tove — Tue, 25 Sep 2001 08:55:39 -0800

Optamystic: Because you can't charge $60 a Kilo for watermelons. Not even seedless ones. Seedless, maybe not. But what if they're square?