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6. There was a section in the NDAA

Reply to blue moon 2012 (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 05:19 PM

Aug 2012

about the "War on Drugs" that was so vaguely worded it basically gave the US carte blanche to use any means and any combination of means to fight the "drug war" in any country that would allow it. The level of drug war expansion included in that bill was shocking to me.

When I questioned it I was quickly shouted down by people who hadn't even read the bill.

It just goes to show how far removed from reality they all are in Washington. They have been losing the drug war for 3 decades now, all they have managed to do is make the illegal drug trade more profitable and more dangerous, yet no one seems to recognize this.

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200 Marines sent to Guatemala for "Drug War" [View all] blue moon 2012 Aug 2012 OP

No seriously! blue moon 2012 Aug 2012 #1

The 'Land of the Free' should never imprison people for having a good time FiveGoodMen Aug 2012 #2

OP is a returning disruptor (thanks, MIRT) pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #3

He may be, however, his post is true. SomethingFishy Aug 2012 #7

It's disgusting. Webster Green Aug 2012 #4

Poster PPR'd. n/t cynatnite Aug 2012 #5

There was a section in the NDAA SomethingFishy Aug 2012 #6

i think the reason they're 'losing' is because the war on drugs is really the war against poor HiPointDem Aug 2012 #9

Ever notice how the heroin addictions seem to go up during certain miltary adventures? be still and know Sep 2012 #10

yes. drugs & wars have gone together as long as i've been conscious & apparently even before (i've HiPointDem Sep 2012 #11

not well. HiPointDem Aug 2012 #8