tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716771656140639209.post7211606194265590194..comments2023-09-20T03:05:56.769-06:00Comments on The Tall Thin Guy: Afganistan's Mineral Riches Will Make Things Worse!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716771656140639209.post-35557339087310608372010-10-04T10:44:42.306-06:002010-10-04T10:44:42.306-06:00An interesting thing about Afghanistan's econo...An interesting thing about Afghanistan's economy, poppy production (a.k.a. Opium) has risen to its highest level since the war started and the Taliban ousted. Isn't that neat? <br /><br />Our government says drugs are bad and starts a war on drugs at home. It takes money from its citizens to force profits to the companies that fight the drug war at home, takes more money from its citizens to force profits to companies that are working another "war" on the other side of the world. Those mercenaries (a.k.a. "private contractors) helps grow the drugs that get shipped back over here to be fought in the war on drugs.<br /><br />Rinse, repeat, wipe hands on pants...<br /><br />All these government programs forcing legislated profits to the mercenary companies on both sides at the expense of the citizens. Now that is some sound economic policy (and a pretty profitable business model! No wonder why we haven't left yet! <br /><br />Can you imagine what would happen to a commander and chief of the military if he tried to pull out of a third world country hosting a manufactured war from which the military industrial complex was so richly profiting? <br /><br />Teabagged againAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com