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Originally posted by GatorB
So people that killed by people high on drugs driving or robbing places to get money to support thier habbit are shit out of luck? People that get killed in drive bys are shit out of luck?
How is a gang member shooting up a neighborhood different from a terroist? How is a drug king pin bombing some judges and prosecutors in Columbia different from a terroist? Explain that one?
Also you know most of the opium money in Afghanistan is finding it's way back to Al Queda.
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I didn't say more shouldn't be done. I'm simply saying we can't just decide to spray herbicide all over Afghanistan without permission. They have an elected government. So does Columbia. We help Columbia fight their drug trade at their request and spray coca fields with their permission. The Afghan government claims to be concerned that spraying herbicide would hurt it's citizens physically and cause birth defects. They claim that they want to fight drug production in other ways and make it a top priority. We should respect their opinions and wishes and hold them to their promise to do more to fight drug production, and help them do so however we can. It would be different if Afghanistan were still ruled with an iron fist against their will. Unelected governments have no rights including the right to exist in my opinion.