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To: squidly

Could Karzai be funded by opium?


10 posted on 09/05/2008 9:11:42 PM PDT by tbw2 (Freeper sci-fi - "Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell" - on amazon.com)
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We apparently bought a lot of cooperation in Thailand during the Vietnam war by ignoring/assisting the opium trade. That is one thing I have never understood. Why do we do this to ourselves? Why do we not hold our politicians and power brokers accountable?


12 posted on 09/05/2008 9:22:27 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: tbw2

We apparently bought a lot of cooperation in Thailand during the Vietnam war by ignoring/assisting the opium trade. That is one thing I have never understood. Why do we do this to ourselves? Why do we not hold our politicians and power brokers accountable?


13 posted on 09/05/2008 9:24:40 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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“Could Karzai be funded by opium?”

In part, yes. The rumor among the locals is that Karzai’s brother is a big drug kingpin.


16 posted on 09/05/2008 9:39:32 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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