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MAY 29, 2010 12:11PM

Afghan Opium - A Case For Impeachment?

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 So I'm doing research for my International Relations of Drug Trafficking Class here at FIU, in order to complete my Counter Drug Country Study on Afghanistan - and I come across this link:

 http://www.larouchepub.com/lym/2010/3721case_impeachment.html

 

The relevant content: 

3. The Protection of Afghan Opium Third, President Barack Obama's treason in Afghanistan, where he is sending American troops to be killed, for the benefit of a foreign enemy. A series of terrorist bombings aimed against the government of Russia, and the Russian nation, began in late March of this year, with the suicide bombing on the Moscow subway system, killing 38 people, and injuring over 100 more. Lyndon LaRouche, along with a number of military officials, among others, have identified that these terrorist attacks, and terrorist activity in general, in this part of the world, base their logistical support on the profits made through the Afghan opium drug traffic. The head of the Russian drug enforcement agency, Viktor Ivanov, and U.S. retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey, agreed that, indeed, the greatest threat from the production and trading of opium in Afghanistan, is not only that it is killing more people than even military operations, but that the drug trade had a direct link to the financing of the late March, early April, terrorist bombings. Furthermore, the evidence is there and very well documented on larouchepac.com, that with the British—under Prime Minister Tony Blair—taking over Helmand province, opium production in Afghanistan soared, fueling the logistical base for international terrorism. What was, and still is, Obama's policy in that situation? Absolutely nothing! Obama's policy is to protect the opium crops by refusing to cooperate with the nation of Russia to eradicate the lifeline of terrorist activity. Barack Obama's 24-hour trip to Kabul, in the wake of the terrorist bombings in Russia, consolidated his personal stance of complicity, by spending his 24-hour visit scolding Afghan President Karzai for corruption, while he himself failed to make a single mention of the opium trade. Because of this decision by President Barack Obama, American soldiers are being shot and killed by an enemy that Obama is defending. Obama has adopted a policy where he is sending U.S. troops to be killed by insurgents who are backed by the British policy of protecting the opium production. That decision, tantamount to treason, must be faced with impeachment of Barack Obama.

 

Curious to find out what we on Open Salon  know about this issue, and more to the point, what we think about these  issues:

 

1. Current US policy re: opium eradication/cooperation with important regional players such as Russia/Pakistan/Iran, as well as

2. whether or not indirect support for the ongoing funding of terrorist activities  through trafficking in opum/ opiates (and hashish for that matter) is an impeachable offense. 

3. Finally, if it is an impeachable offense, should we try Bush 2 for 'high crimes' based on his actions/inaction during the Second Gulf War, and...

 4. Perhaps even Bill Clinton for his administration's ordering of priorities, that ultimately led to the Taleban lifting the ban on opium cultivation in 2000 - a year before the 'reigns' (sic) were handed over to Bush 2.

 

- Anxious to hear your replies. 

 

 

 

 

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A very serious problem indeed. Go after the opium producers and they will want to fight back any way they can, including attacking the eradicators, i.e American troops and their allies with the help of the enemy we face there today. Allow them to produce and everything you say is true. Legalize it, and we send countless lives towards the fringe of what we define as living a worthwhile and meaningful life. There is almost no virtue to be found in our species, and that which we have evolved from remains very much a part of us still. It remains our world view. We are subject to Darwinism, and even when it comes to nations and societies, the strong will survive. And in the case of people, the sustenance needed to survive is food and with nations, the sustenance needed is oil.
there is a long line of conspiracy literature linking CIA fronts with drug trafficking, but its not a topic of polite conversation esp among americans. so the question is, do you want to be polite or not?
lots of people play with opium.
There is a great book on this called: Opium, something else is the back title.
I wouldn't be so sure about the Moscow bombing, as I see an FSB hand in a lot of what is going on, although, clandestine services of the world can be hard to figure out everywhere, America included, because they have to make things semi plausibly deniable, so sometimes, I think the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.
Obama is not unique in that. When theres a war, theres usually drugs or oil involved. We stay out of countries without them. The war on drugs is a fake one, like most wars. Look at the Opium Wars. The British faught the Chinese when the Emperor wanted them to stop sellingdrugs. The book, "How the world really works" covers the wests involvement in drugs and war.