For the life of me, I never understood why our military never ‘salted’ poppy fields. Well, maybe I understood, I just didn’t want to admit that the establishment profits from the drug trade. Just look at our southern border right now.
About 10 years ago, I was watching a documentary on Military History Channel about us in Afghanistan. Near the end they were talking to someone in the Air Force,and I swear I heard him say something to the effect of “we don’t do anything about it because the country needs income” or something.
Never saw it again.