Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Burning it would not fix the problem, just relocate it. As long as there is demand there -will- be supply. Frank On 8 Feb, 2010, at 04:02, Bob Adler wrote: > Even if the US bought up the entire crop for 3X what the current price is, > it would be less than the cost of the defense budget for Afghanistan with > plenty left over (I'm guessing here, but I don't think it's a bad guess). > The Afghan farmers would love it! > Then burn it. > My guess is the Taliban purchase the opium and therefore have the farmers > ingratiated to them. Then the Taliban sell it for profits that fund their > efforts. A business model that works for them very well. > So we take away the market... > Hit em where it hurts; in their pocket book! > Seriously, > Bob > PS - Wendy, these photos are wonderful. Keep them coming along with your > at hand experiences. Truly broadening to have you as part of the group. > Bob Adler > Palo Alto, CA > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Philip Leeson <pjleeson at mchsi.com> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 7:46:02 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Agricultural Program, Helmand, Afghanistan > > Narcotic pain medications are synthetically produced nowadays. > Heroin is the "natural" product. > > Sometimes I wonder if the world would be better off if we just treated it > like alcohol, controlled and taxed. > The USA's war on drugs has certainly been a dismal failure. > > Phil > > On Feb 7, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote: > >> >> Wendy Thurman wrote: >> >> >>> It's been a while since I have posted any images. I've spent some time in >>> Lashkar Gah where we operate a teaching farm for local farmers. The area >>> is >>> extremely volatile; in the second image the person on the hill is a >>> Taliban >>> spotter. This area is as spooky as any I experienced in Iraq; the >>> province >>> is home to most of the insurgent violence and produces the lion's share >>> of >>> the world's opium: >>> >>> http://wendythurman.com/page2/page3/files/page3-1001-full.html >>> >>> http://wendythurman.com/page2/page3/files/page3-1003-full.html >>> >>> Thanks for looking, >> >> >> An interesting place to photograph and some very nice shots! The >> countryside looks not unlike Iraq to me. >> >> >> >> Too bad the West doesn't just purchase the entire Afghan poppy crop lock, >> stock and barrel and either process it into necessary medicines or >> destroy it. Shortages of pain killers was an significant issue recently >> in Haiti. >> >> >> >> Greg Lorenzo >> >> Calgary, Canada >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information