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1 posted on 06/09/2023 6:14:57 PM PDT by fluorescence
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To: fluorescence

The US/CIA didn’t stop this. The Taliban did.


2 posted on 06/09/2023 6:17:49 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: fluorescence

Do have to wonder if the relative water use of poppy vs alternatives has anything to do with the recent fighting with Iran over Helmand River water.


4 posted on 06/09/2023 6:36:16 PM PDT by Vesparado (The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard --- HL Mencken)
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To: fluorescence

Do have to wonder if the relative water use of poppy vs alternatives has anything to do with the recent fighting with Iran over Helmand River water.


5 posted on 06/09/2023 6:39:17 PM PDT by Vesparado (The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard --- HL Mencken)
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To: fluorescence

When I was in Afghanistan we provided intra-theater C-130 support for the entire military operation. There were times we’d be flying along and see huge fields of red poppies.


6 posted on 06/09/2023 6:40:20 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: fluorescence

There are a lot of broken hearted liberTARDians on FR tonight.


7 posted on 06/09/2023 6:50:04 PM PDT by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.." )
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To: fluorescence

Sorry, not buying it.


8 posted on 06/09/2023 7:18:04 PM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: fluorescence

This is not the first time. The Taliban had the Poppies eradicated before the U.S. went in and replanted them.


10 posted on 06/09/2023 7:21:01 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: fluorescence

Grapes, they have been growing grapes there for 1000s of years.


11 posted on 06/09/2023 7:25:45 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: fluorescence

Great news! When do the Chicom fentanyl factories get bombed?


13 posted on 06/09/2023 8:31:33 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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The addicts have fentanyl now, I’m sure they couldn’t care less.


16 posted on 06/09/2023 10:20:57 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: fluorescence

Grow your own.


17 posted on 06/10/2023 2:34:37 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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