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i dont deny that morphine is a vital medicine, however it can be produced without the poppys of afghan.
additionally the taliban have no set nationality, powered by alqeada a saudi organisation, and built up of mostly pakistani soldiers. regardless of who they are, they need removing.
Yeah but given that the Afghani economy is nearly completely dependant on poppys, what would they do without it?
Agreed about Al Queida but they can't be beaten through a conventional occupation.
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who is your source?
mine is my brother who is currently on the frontine in musa qala. he is out on patrol daily. he dont deny he is scared (he aint some freak
) but he and everyone out their conduct themselves very well showing a grit and detirmination we could only imagine of emulating daily under enemy fire.
Various in depth interviews and dispatches to the country, not to mention my uncle who was a major (retired now).
The U.S Vice President talked a few days ago about the " deteriorating situation" in Afghanistan.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies wrote a report last year which said
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The situation in Afghanistan, Cordesman writes, has been deteriorating for the past five years "and is now reaching a crisis level." Both Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen have acknowledged that it is now an Afghan-Pakistani conflict "and one lacking in both military and civilian resources. It is also becoming increasingly more deadly for civilians, aid workers, and U.S. and NATO forces."
Resurgent Taliban, the report says, "have turned much of Afghanistan into 'no-go' zones for aid workers and civilians."
I'm sure you've heard this before but the UK can't really afford another 11 years at least in Afghanistan. We're skint!