Does This Mean There Will Be Less Room For Opium Production?
During the Presidential debates, John Kerry repeatedly accused the Bush Administration of allowing Osama bin Laden to escape from Tora Bora. This never got much traction in part, I suspect, because most voters assumed Tora Bora was some South Pacific island Terisa Heinz-Kerry owned.
At the core of Kerry's allegation was that the Bush Administration failed to commit the resources to win in Tora Bora, instead relying on local warlords. Now those warlords rule most of the country, allowing them to return to their cash crop of choice, poppy for opium and heroin.
So now these years later, isn't it nice that the Afghan Government has decided to beautify their landscape with some... well how about some.. yeah we'll plant some trees!
At the core of Kerry's allegation was that the Bush Administration failed to commit the resources to win in Tora Bora, instead relying on local warlords. Now those warlords rule most of the country, allowing them to return to their cash crop of choice, poppy for opium and heroin.
So now these years later, isn't it nice that the Afghan Government has decided to beautify their landscape with some... well how about some.. yeah we'll plant some trees!
posted by Brian Shields | 6:41 PM
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Speaking of Osama ... this from Reuters:
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's leading news agency has denied reporting that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden would attend Pope John Paul's funeral Friday after a story attributed to it circulated widely on the Internet.
"Some people just won't stop even at a time of mourning for the Pope: among the deluge of false emails, viruses and spam, a false item attributed to Ansa is circulating about Osama bin Laden attending the funeral of John Paul II," the Ansa agency said.
In a dispatch issued late Tuesday, Ansa noted that the prankster, who specified bin Laden would be flying to Rome from Pakistan, had accurately imitated the agency's sign-off style -- a series of letters and numbers at the end of every item.
The Saudi-born bin Laden is thought to be hiding on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
I did'nt see Osama in the news coverage, but I was surprised to see Anthony Hopkins chosen as the new Pope. I then ate some eggs....benedict, of course.
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