Right. Way more than a suspicion. The CIA loves having unlimited off-book funding away from the pesky oversight eyes of congress, as lame as that is these days, and if that means empowering so-called terrorists or drug cartels, then so be it. It's all for the greater good, as they see it. We saw the same thing with cocaine in Central America with the Contras in the 80s and I'm certain these behaviors haven't magically stopped.
Here's the thing, even without any suspicions: The American military with all their resources and toys have been there for 20 years and Afghanistan is a major source of opiates. If they couldn't stop the flow drugs after all this time, then that alone is reason enough to yank their "incompetent" asses out of there, and I use that term in its most ironic form possible.
Right. Way more than a suspicion. The CIA loves having unlimited off-book funding away from the pesky oversight eyes of congress, as lame as that is these days, and if that means empowering so-called terrorists or drug cartels, then so be it. It's all for the greater good, as they see it. We saw the same thing with cocaine in Central America with the Contras in the 80s and I'm certain these behaviors haven't magically stopped.
Here's the thing, even without any suspicions: The American military with all their resources and toys have been there for 20 years and Afghanistan is a major source of opiates. If they couldn't stop the flow drugs after all this time, then that alone is reason enough to yank their "incompetent" asses out of there, and I use that term in its most ironic form possible.
*the flow of drugs. Dang, Caitlin, I hate having no edit button. ;-}
or being unable to post images like US soldiers guarding opium crops in Afghanistan.