To: Tailgunner Joe
The problem with the war on drugs is not supply, it's demand. The criminal element is involved in drug trafficing because it is incredibly profitable. Why is it so profitable? Because it's illegal but people want it bad enough to pay anything for it. If we want to take the criminal element out of drugs than we must take away the incentive for huge profits and legalize the stuff.
Important note: WE ARE GETTING OUR BUTTS KICKED IN THE WAR ON DRUGS!
2 posted on
08/27/2003 8:00:43 AM PDT by
WestPacSailor
(I keep pressing the escape key, but I'm still here.)
To: Tailgunner Joe
:-) Drugs provide an excellent source of untraceable cash.
No why would anyone want that...? :)
4 posted on
08/27/2003 9:03:17 AM PDT by
dfrussell
To: Tailgunner Joe
The WOD is the worst US policy in the past century.
To: Wolfie; vin-one; WindMinstrel; philman_36; Beach_Babe; jenny65; AUgrad; Xenalyte; Bill D. Berger; ..
WOD Ping
18 posted on
08/27/2003 12:15:54 PM PDT by
jmc813
(Check out the FR Big Brother 4 thread! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/943368/posts)
To: Tailgunner Joe
The State Dept. has always been an impediment to the War On Drugs. Why? Because just as many of our allies profit from the illegal drug trade. Just look at Afghanistan.
19 posted on
08/27/2003 12:27:03 PM PDT by
Wolfie
To: Tailgunner Joe
Why does everything that has to do with Colombia always bring out the drug-nuts? This was the most important sentence in the article:
Another problem is that some in Washington are better friends to Mr. Chavez than to Mr. Uribe and Colombia.
But none of the drug-nuts either noticed or cared.
76 posted on
08/28/2003 3:19:26 PM PDT by
livius
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