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Narcotic Enforcement a major reason for continued presence in Afghanistan
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6636113.stm
The Defence secretary has told the commons today that we should expect British troops to be in Afghanistan beyond 2009, and could take decades for afghanistan to stand properly without aid.
A major reason for this, he also commented, was the need for narcotic enforcement particularly with respect to the booming trade in opium. Of course my learned friends on the board will remember that, in the aftermath of invasion, Afghan opium production skyrocketed in areas where the Taliban were keeping a lid on such production.
And I am also sure that Iran, where in 2004 one in 20 people were thought to be addicted to Heroin, will be just delighted with this.
The Defence secretary has told the commons today that we should expect British troops to be in Afghanistan beyond 2009, and could take decades for afghanistan to stand properly without aid.
A major reason for this, he also commented, was the need for narcotic enforcement particularly with respect to the booming trade in opium. Of course my learned friends on the board will remember that, in the aftermath of invasion, Afghan opium production skyrocketed in areas where the Taliban were keeping a lid on such production.
And I am also sure that Iran, where in 2004 one in 20 people were thought to be addicted to Heroin, will be just delighted with this.
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It do think that our troops would be pissing into the wind with regards trying to stop the growing and production of heroin in Afghanistan.
Heroin will still be grown and it will still find its way into the UK, regardless of the presence of British troops or not. So lets not have our forces out there any longer than need be.
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To be honest, as Martin mentioned, the opium trade has been hugely helped by the removal of the Taliban, so it's a very bogus arguement. Especially since we're not going to use the same methods they used.
Let the Taliban government deal with it, but I dont see why it should be down to British troops to deal with.
How does one fight an enemy for whom total annihilation is the most supreme victory?
If all EU countries prescribed heroin to addicts it would be more effective than ten times as many troops in Afghanistan.