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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:05 AM Original message |
DEA personnel among 14 dead in Afghan copter crash |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. More "war on drugs" nonsense. JUst like the war against arabs in the ME, unwise, ill-conceived, |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. They're over there to destroy the opium poppy crop. nt |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. isn't the poppy industry supplying legitimate medical supplies? |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. In part... and it would be more widely used for legitimate purposes |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's not the DEA, but the INCB that sets opium quotas. |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. No. Not in Afghanistan. |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Maybe so, but a war on drugs is a perfect way to achieve endless war |
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Torn_Scorned_Ignored (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. What's with all the helicopter crashes in Afghanistan lately? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Hard terrain, hard use, hard conditions, long operating hours, hostile small arms fire |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. They are talking about an Afghan army of 600 thousand in a land of 23 million poor peasants |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. A helicopter is ten thousand parts flying in formation... |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. Just ask any DEA man there aint nuthin you can dooooo,, |
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drgonzosghost (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. Something smells fishy here. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I know I don't like it... |
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WatchWhatISay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I'm with you. I am not pro drugs, but |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Could just be providing training/consulting to the military. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. So, you're saying it's okay for our military to take on the drug trade |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Bush open up poppy farming after 2001? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Subtleties. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. No. I don't agree. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Well, to a degree, I certainly agree. |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. what foreign country? you mean US occupied territory? |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Read another version of the story. Gives different mission. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. There were two different crash scenarios yesterday. nt |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Thanks. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. When your work is a farce, your death is not a tragedy |
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