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Its not your country to govern. You cannot make the rules by which another country lives by.
*By some, the extermination of the poppy crops is not seen as a viable option because the sale of poppies constitutes the livelihood of Afghanistan's rural farmers. Some 3.3 million Afghans are involved in producing opium.[23]*Opium is more profitable than wheat and destroying opium fields could possibly lead to discontent or unrest among the indigent population.[24]
"By some" lol, include the CIA in there funding their black ops since the early 80's. They will tell you anything, lol!
First off, if we ended the war on drugs this wouldnt be an issue...but Im trying to view this out of the mind of people who both support and enforce (the US government) the war on drugs.
On top of that its the War on Drugs that drives the costs up increasing profits for all easily making it the choice of crop.
Pot is easy to grow in America (not going to use opium since Im not sure if we can provide that type of environment) and is more profitable than wheat or corn as well. We are having an economic crisis in America, wages are down and people need work. Yet, if our farmers want to do something great in our country and grow pot for global export, the same Federal Government who protects the Afghans growing their opium will not only arrest our American farmers for federal crimes but seize the land by force as well.
And since when is the "discontent or unrest among the indigent population" of foreign countries bear the responsibly of the American taxpayer? There is discontent and unrest in Darfur where there has been genocide going on, but we dont send our military and agriculture experts there to perhaps start cocoa production and provide security and insurance as the indigenous people rise to prosperity becoming the worlds leading cocaine exporter. Maybe there is not the environment or resources there for us to be there so we just let them die?
Really, the only indigenous people the Federal Government needs to worry about are the taxpayers here that fund them to help us as this country is broke and in economic crisis, many people have no jobs and cant afford Obamacare and get punished for it along with many other issues.