Afghanistan Absurdities1. U.S. troops protect the Afghanistan poppy harvest, to aid local farmers in the battle against the Taliban.
2. That battle has been so “successful” that the Taliban Storms Afghanistan and is on the march towards the capital.
3. Meanwhile, drug agents attempt to intercept heroin before it hits the U.S.
4. The effort to stop smuggling pushes up the price of heroin, to the explicit benefit of drug lords who do get some of it through.
5. Those drug lords are apt to be the Taliban.
6. Drug money goes to buy weapons for the Taliban.
7. To counteract the rise of the Taliban, we train “moderates” to fight the Taliban.
8. We also give weapons to “moderates” to fight the Taliban.
9. Unfortunately, we cannot successfully identify moderates. Many U.S. weapons fall into the hands of the Taliban.
10. Ultimately, U.S. weapons as well as weapons purchased with drug money are used to kill US soldiers and fight the puppet regime the U.S. seeks to protect.
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