tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post8640302568237526644..comments2023-10-01T14:37:09.159+01:00Comments on Maysaloon - ميسلون: Maysaloonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06826378383173206624noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-22046907226609123632008-06-10T16:12:00.000+01:002008-06-10T16:12:00.000+01:00NOTHING astonishes me anymore, nothing.For me it h...NOTHING astonishes me anymore, nothing.<BR/>For me it has an additional sting ... I've been to Afghanistan in 1974, all over, by car from Germany, and remember the people who I love dearly to today! I hate to see those great folks succumbing to the rules of the West ...<BR/><BR/>Ezra is right!Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01834225120243982983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-49143455082208730812008-06-10T13:34:00.000+01:002008-06-10T13:34:00.000+01:00I don't know what's your source for this, but hone...I don't know what's your source for this, but honestly I would not believe for a second that a doubling or even a tripling in prices for legal crops would make a farmer to decide to stop growing opium - a lucrative and undemanding plant. <BR/>You need stability, a (kind of) rule of law and the hope that you earn enough to feed your family. If you provide for this most peasant would happily abandon the cultivation of poppies. I can't see that the occupation forces or the puppet-regime would provide for this.ASDFGHJKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12393406424607968564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-15208481170061974792008-06-10T12:45:00.000+01:002008-06-10T12:45:00.000+01:00Another thing is that when the US goes to "reconst...Another thing is that when the US goes to "reconstruct" a region they bring everything - food, etc. - from home, destroying the local economy, thereby undermining the original purpose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com