Originally posted by seanD
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About post #9, we weren't specifically talking about Afghanistan. So, since we were being general, I was being general in regards to Syria (since it was part of the argument I presented in the OP).
Your argument that poppy production is increasing due to Taliban numbers decreasing is not just illogical but grossly contradictory to the facts of the situation.
We have to logically ask, who are US troops protecting the poppy fields from?
Obviously, from the Taliban that want to rightly destroy them.
The increase in poppy production, trafficking and abuse is NOT due to decreasing Taliban
-- as the Taliban are "dominating territory near crucial highways and cities that surround Kabul"
-- but logically a result of US protection assistance in opium cultivation.
I know that sucks and it gives you a sick feeling in your gut, but those are the facts.
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