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A few facts

Tom Brosz — 8/20/2006 8:36:03 PM (archived)

1999 output was 4,000 tons.

In 2000, a 12-man U.N. team was taken on the Grand Tour by the Taliban to show them the "eradication" of the poppy industry. The U.N. team declared the problem solved, and went home.

2004 output was about 4,500 tons.

If you think the Taliban was going to permanently cut off that source of cash, invasion or not, I've got a bridge you can buy.

How gullible do you have to be to think that the war prevented the noble Taliban from eliminating opium production in Afghanistan? A chart can be seen on page 2 of this document. The Taliban were running Afghanistan since about the middle 90s. Note the general trends.

It's a frigging annual crop, people, not like an apple orchard. Leave the fields empty for one year to impress the idiots, then plant again.

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Bush's phenomenal success in agriculture - Publius - 8/20/2006 4:51:26 PM
- Wonderful news. Free enterprise triumphs again. - David F Mayer - 8/23/2006 1:37:37 AM
- So you were a Taliban supporter? - Scott Evil - 8/21/2006 2:30:01 PM
  - And you are an athletic supporter? (n/t) - Publius - 8/21/2006 7:09:54 PM
  - I wouldn't be surprised if there were closed......... - Lindy - 8/21/2006 4:35:48 PM
- A few facts - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2006 8:36:03 PM
  - Your figures - In '01, Taliban, next to nothing. '02, Bush, it skyrocketed. - Bowser - 8/20/2006 9:01:48 PM
    - Republicans sure are funny.......... - Publius - 8/20/2006 11:01:33 PM
      - Modesty. And the source of another puzzlement. - Bowser - 8/20/2006 11:50:34 PM
    - Click the link. For a change. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2006 9:22:55 PM
      - Hey Tom, check out the FedEx ad........... - Publius - 8/22/2006 2:08:43 PM
      - Nice try, or cheap shot. Read your very own citation. - Bowser - 8/20/2006 10:16:39 PM
        
        After the Taliban achieved complete control over the area, opium growing dropped to next to nothing - Scott Evil - 8/21/2006 2:33:23 PM
        
        If all the farmers were dead......... - Lindy - 8/21/2006 5:05:57 PM
        
        re: citation. - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2006 1:18:41 AM
        
        Bowser's Right! They're ALL right! Help...I'm having an E P I P H A N Y ! - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/21/2006 12:13:45 AM
        
        I didn't know an epiphany and brain fart were the same thing......... - Publius - 8/21/2006 1:29:31 AM
        
        re: I didn't know an epiphany and brain fart were the same thing......... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/24/2006 1:25:52 AM
        
        Democratic individualism - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2006 1:32:18 AM
        
        I understand that in Texas, the RNC had to buy off the redundant Republican contender - alcaray - 8/21/2006 11:07:05 PM
        
        Republican locksteppers - Publius - 8/21/2006 12:56:14 PM
        
        The "people of Connecticutt..." - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2006 3:37:51 PM
        
        The will of the people........... - Publius - 8/21/2006 4:18:15 PM
        
        And yes, I put two "t's" on Connecticut - Tom Brosz - 8/21/2006 3:40:16 PM
        
        Three. You put three "t"s. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/22/2006 5:18:46 AM
        
        Dang! Okay, one EXTRA "t." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2006 6:05:30 AM

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