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unhappycamper

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2. For the longest time, I thought it was dubya's dick that got us into Afghanistan
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 09:38 AM
Jan 2016

Dunno if you are familiar with the Vietnam war, but the US set up a drug unit in Laos that was shipping drugs to the US inside Soldier's coffins.

Here's a few links:

(INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: POLITICS AND COVERT OPERATION POLICY IN THE DRUG WAR) http://www.whale.to/b/montalvo.html
http://jamesclear.com/heroin-habits
http://www.drugtext.org/Supply-reduction/the-real-gulf-and-the-phoney-war.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Politics_of_Heroin_in_Southeast_Asia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_production_in_Afghanistan
http://www.dw.de/at-least-15-missing-in-southwest-mexicos-guerrero-state/a-18462435
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/20/venezuelas-parliamentary-speaker-denies-cocaine-smuggling-claims
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_trafficking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_production_in_Afghanistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Atkinson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vang_Pao
http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/48/1_CIA_AND_THE_GENERALS.pdf
http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/48/1_CIA_AND_THE_GENERALS.pdf
http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/48/2_CIA_AND_THE_HOUSE_OF_NGO.pdf
http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/48/3_CIA_AND_RURAL_PACIFICATION.pdf
http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/48/4_GOOD_QUESTIONS_WRONG_ANSWERS.pdf
http://www.foia.cia.gov/sites/default/files/document_conversions/48/6_UNDERCOVER_ARMIES.pdf
(CIA operative stood out in 'secret war' in Laos) http://www.webcitation.org/5knBztHGu

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Why wouldn't it be??? EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #1
For the longest time, I thought it was dubya's dick that got us into Afghanistan unhappycamper Jan 2016 #2
Yep EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #3
I forgot to mention that Afghanistan's opium production went down unhappycamper Jan 2016 #4
Sigh EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #5
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