>>I find it hard to believe that Bush in could have conceived the "war on
drugs"
program, received congressional approval for it, negotiated it with the
Afghanis, verified that it had been done, and received the $43 million to
turn over in his short 3 1/2 months in office. Knowledge of the reality of
the government tells me this was already in the pipeline from the previous
administration, so Scheer could really be slanting this one in an effort to
smear Bush.<<<
I see what you are saying- that the authorization may have come from the
previous administration. Believe me, it doesn't matter to me which party
authorized this at all. What is alarming to me is that 4 months ago our
government sent $43 million to the Taliban. I welcome a less slanted source
of this information if anyone can point it out to me. However, reading
Scheer's credentials they are not shabby. Then again you know I lean to the
left ;~)
>>>I don't think our people in government are such idiots that they would
seriously depart with that kind of money for the only purpose of stopping
the opium trade. I think it was a backdoor way to get in money for general
relief and/or to grease some hands in the effort to have them dislodge Bin
Laden.<<<
Well I truly don't know. I think there are many who are fanatics about the
war on drugs. And IMO the whole war on drugs is idiotic through & through.
Not because I condone drugs but because it is not the way to solve the
problem.
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