American Policy Shift in Afghanistan Opium Production, or is it?

 

 So the bottom line seems to be, the US taxpayer will now compensate the fabulously wealthy Afghan farmer, who's been making money hand over fist for years thanks to the "Don't Ask, Don't Shoot Up" policy of the US and Afghan administrations. Since the US invasion in 2001, opium production has been the great megamoney maker in all this. Now the US taxpayer is asked to fork over a few more hundred million dollars for these farmers as they decide whether soy beans are a good replacement for drug farming. Of course, no one is really talking about reducing the actual production levels. That would cause the farmers to riot and might even cause a war (Heaven forbid).

 

The eradication programs of the past 8 years have worked like a charm, that is, they have been 100% ineffective. We are now told that a new program will be just as effective, but I must give props where they are due. This new program is far less expensive to the American taxpayer than the old one was and I want to personally thank the banksters and their cabal for allowing such conditions to exist. I, for one, am pleased to see that we are spending far less money on failed programs in Afghanistan than before. A tip of the hat is due for sure.

 

Does anyone have any idea on what the next failed program will look like in two or three years after this one is tossed aside as another, "nice try but no cigar"? I think we could make a mint in the futures market.

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