tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post114359395597528685..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: Wherever U.S. forces go, the drugs seem to followjaninsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-1143726625180109902006-03-30T05:50:00.000-08:002006-03-30T05:50:00.000-08:00Wow JT thats a great bit of info..the attempt to s...Wow JT thats a great bit of info..the attempt to stem the flood of drugs in te west often makes me think of the opium wars and how the Chinese tried to do the same but were stopped by the British..I might post that link up on my blog btw..<BR/><BR/>Jan great post...I've actually witnessed some of the drug problems in Pakistan now...this article is citing old figures ..the situation has gotten worse now..<BR/>http://www.pcp.org.pk/certified_NPO/Dost/dost_home.htm is the organization I spent a bit of time around. The drug trade created a new generation of nouveau rich who basically corrupted what little was left of a system in the country. Much of Pakistan's political upheavals, crime and instability were a consequence of the military governments decision to back the proxy war against the USSR. <BR/><BR/>The taliban did crack down very harshly on the drug trade to the point that families closely involved in poppy harvest were on the point of borderline starvation. I think more critically ..if you research the Red Army one consequence of their Afghan invasion was a generation of soldiers who got into drugs..drugs became a very big problem in Russian society post Afghanistan..the same way the US suffered post vietnam..but I'd imagine it for a fact that US troops would definitely be exposed to drugs on a large scale..it is possible that the Golden crescent starts redirecting drugs on a large scale for the large foreign communities in Iraq..either way the long term consequence on an Army's ability to function is probably not pleasant.Zakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00367446600328479550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-1143656783915811012006-03-29T10:26:00.000-08:002006-03-29T10:26:00.000-08:00"It's the British..." so true the more things chan..."It's the British..." so true the more things change the more they stay the same.<BR/>The CIA is simply The Covert Arm of US Foreign Policy.<BR/><BR/>Opium and the British Indian Empire an extract<BR/><BR/>At its peak in the mid 1880's, opium was one of the most valuable commodities moving in international trade. Each year, export opium leaving Calcutta and Bombay averaged over 90,000 chests containing more than 5,400 metric tons. This staggering amount would meet the annual needs of between 13 and 14 million opium consumers in China and Southeast Asia who smoked opium on a daily basis-and many more if less intense use were assumed. Each year, opium revenues poured 93.5 million rupees (9.4 million pounds sterling) into Government of India coffers-approximately 16% of total official revenues.<BR/>http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/opium_india.cfmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-1143602202996564442006-03-28T19:16:00.000-08:002006-03-28T19:16:00.000-08:00It's the British making opium addicts out of the C...It's the British making opium addicts out of the Chinese in the 19th century all over again, but since World War II it's essentially been the CIA, in connection with their partners in organized crime, running the world drug trade.<BR/><BR/>Which is Reason One why the so-called Drug War is grotesque, horrible and above all ridiculous.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.com