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Perhaps Jeff will like this one better: http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175225/alfred_mccoy_afghanistan_as_a_drug_war On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Jeff <meis...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > At 10:00 09/01/11 -0500, Greg McDonald wrote: >> >>http://presscore.ca/2011/?p=753 >> >>85 per cent of all drugs produced in Afghanistan are shipped out by US > aircraft. >> >>Posted by PCLatest news, World newsWednesday, December 22nd, 2010 > > I'm sorry to disappoint anyone, but this article is almost certainly > bullshit, from a bullshit website. It does not have an identified author, > and cites no verifiable sources. > > Of course it contains certain elements of truth regarding the hypocrisy of > the charges against the Taliban for profiting from the heroin trade, and > the involvement of Ahmed Wali Karzai. > > But this article is from a conspiracy website, and every single article I > saw on that site is extremely suspect or just plain wrong. Especially the > health/medical articles! I would have expected the poster of this article > to have checked to see if the website has any legitimacy at all and/or if > the information in the article could be verified or had even been published > by a reputable source. Just posting articles you run across based on their > "shock value" not only wastes our time, but provides us with misinformation > which we might repeat (since we thought it was from a source that had been > "recommended"), thus making fools of ourselves (and lowering our public > credibility) when the claims prove unfounded. > > - Jeff > > > > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/gregmc59%40gmail.com > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
