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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt was US military that bombed Afghanistan hospital..
Yes it was the US that bombed and killed doctors and patients in a hospital. And continued to bomb even after being alerted by the hospital!
Ahh war the milk of human kindness. Obama promised to end the wars he has not kept his promise!
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It was US military that bombed Afghanistan hospital.. (Original Post)
Silver_Witch
Apr 2016
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HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)1. 7 1/2 years Obama has had to end this foolishness.
nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)2. the biggest ripoff in history
And we all have a front row seat
$200 MILLION DOLLARS PER DAY stolen from the dumbed down American People.
http://costofwar.com
out of sight, out of mind- the motto of present day "Americans". It's a disgrace.
http://drones.pitchinteractive.com/
Wilms
(26,795 posts)3. Can't have a war on drugs without a war that promotes drug production.
The Real Afghanistan Surge is in Heroin Production and Tripled Opium Cultivation since the US military arrived/ UN and US Government documents
Nationwide, CDC noted, Between 2002 and 2013, the rate of heroin-related overdose deaths nearly quadrupled, and more than 8,200 people died in 2013. Massachusetts (population under 7 million) had 1,000 deaths related to (all) opioids in 2014, the highest ever recorded.
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However, the DOJ-DEA 2014 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary notes that cocaine availability remains stable at historically low levels throughout most domestic markets along the East Coast. So users are switching to heroin, but not switching to cocaine from prescription narcotics. Hmmm. Might this be because we have no large military-CIA presence currently in cocaine-trafficking areas, as we did during the 1980s Contra war in Nicaragua, when cocaine use was at high levels? (Coca leaves are only grown in Latin America.) According to a 2010 UN document, Based on seizure figures, it appears that cocaine markets grew most dramatically during the 1980s, when the amounts seized increased by more than 40% per year. (See this 1987 Senate hearing and this for evidence of CIA and State Dept. connivance with cocaine trafficking by the Contras.)
You can frame stories about the current heroin problem in many ways. But the real heroin story isnt being discussedwhich is that since the US military entered Afghanistan in 2001, its opium production doubled, per the UN Afghanistan Opium Survey, 2014 , p.34. The area under opium cultivation in Afghanistan tripled. And the resulting heroin appears to more easily make its way deep into our rural, as well as urban communities. The graph below is from the 2014 UN Opium Survey:
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http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/09/the-real-afghanistan-surge-is-in-heroin-production-and-tripled-opium-cultivation-since-the-us-military-arrived-un-and-us-government-documents.html
Nationwide, CDC noted, Between 2002 and 2013, the rate of heroin-related overdose deaths nearly quadrupled, and more than 8,200 people died in 2013. Massachusetts (population under 7 million) had 1,000 deaths related to (all) opioids in 2014, the highest ever recorded.
snip
However, the DOJ-DEA 2014 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary notes that cocaine availability remains stable at historically low levels throughout most domestic markets along the East Coast. So users are switching to heroin, but not switching to cocaine from prescription narcotics. Hmmm. Might this be because we have no large military-CIA presence currently in cocaine-trafficking areas, as we did during the 1980s Contra war in Nicaragua, when cocaine use was at high levels? (Coca leaves are only grown in Latin America.) According to a 2010 UN document, Based on seizure figures, it appears that cocaine markets grew most dramatically during the 1980s, when the amounts seized increased by more than 40% per year. (See this 1987 Senate hearing and this for evidence of CIA and State Dept. connivance with cocaine trafficking by the Contras.)
You can frame stories about the current heroin problem in many ways. But the real heroin story isnt being discussedwhich is that since the US military entered Afghanistan in 2001, its opium production doubled, per the UN Afghanistan Opium Survey, 2014 , p.34. The area under opium cultivation in Afghanistan tripled. And the resulting heroin appears to more easily make its way deep into our rural, as well as urban communities. The graph below is from the 2014 UN Opium Survey:
snip
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/09/the-real-afghanistan-surge-is-in-heroin-production-and-tripled-opium-cultivation-since-the-us-military-arrived-un-and-us-government-documents.html
IcyPeas
(21,856 posts)4. We are No. 1
USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA
We are Number 1.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)5. and not the first time!