Taliban expect to gain big from banner poppy crop in Afghanistan, US general says

foxnews ^ | 05/05/2016 | Lucas Tomlinson

[donozark]

Use one or more of the Rainbow Herbicides. After all, we dumped them on our own troops in Vietnam.

[mrsmith]

Draft the Mexican cartels to burn the Taliban’s crops... and kill them.

[disndat]

The Taliban made growing of the poppy illegal when they ruled. Pretty well had it stamped out.

Most of U.S. heroin is grown in Mexico and regions south.

[Ken H]

Forget napalm and herbicides.

[ronnie raygun]

Want to quell the heroin trade burn thier fields, where ever thier is a poppy field burn it to the ground

[PapaBear3625]

Isn’t there now an armed and armored version of the Air Tractor crop-dusting plane?

Why risk an American pilot to the possibility of a lucky hit with a heavy machine gun or cannon, if an unmanned drone can do the job?

[Parmy]

Hey! Ever hear of Agent Orange?

[jcon40]

LOL even better

[Charles Martel]

Are there drones that can do the job, currently or in development? I agree that would be preferable, but it might not yet be an option.

[PapaBear3625]

I think a Predator drone could be modified fairly quickly.

It has a missile hard-point on each wing, and can carry a reasonably large weapons load. Attach a tank for the herbicide with a sprayer attachment to the hard-point on each wing, set it so the trigger starts the sprayer.

[Red Badger]

Agent Orange!.....................