format_quote Originally Posted by
ChargerCarl
Not really, whats your point?
Osama bin ladin is only 1 person, whom american considered extremely backwards, and, is supposed to be hiding in a country under full control of the USA.
The USA has spent 9 years, trillions of dollars, all the military, technological and intelligence might in the world, and hundreds of thousands of specially trained personnels to look for him. And yet, NADA.
Now, you think this is normal.
Now, you expressed skepticism that the USA could let the opium trade going on in Afghanistan.
Facts:
the Taliban (who is considered as being extremely backward) successfully banned and literally stopped production and trade of opium when they were in power.
So, it would be piece of cake for the US not to let production and trade of opium restarted, right?
Amazingly, the opium trade is flourishing while afghanistan is under the control of the USA by proxy.
Whatever the reason, the USA, AT LEAST, GIVES opportunity for the opium production and trade to occur and they are AT LEAST not interested in stopping or destroying it.
The proceeds from the opium trade are used by both the warlords and karzai government to finance their wars, which should make afghanistan unstable for a very LONG time, which should present excuse for the USA to keep their TRIGGER-HAPPY MERCENARIES AND KILLERS to stay in Afghanistan.
Not that they need another excuse, as their main mission of catching Osama bin Ladin is not completed yet, conveniently thanks to the "spectacular" failures of 9 years, trillions of dollars, all the military, technological and intelligence might in the world, and hundreds of thousands of specially trained personnels.
Capiche?