Nice.

Old habits die hard I guess.

"Whiteout" is a great book that covers CIA drug smuggling, among other fun stuff.

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The War on Drugs...

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Originally posted by Krypton The War on Drugs...

LOL, emphasis on "on Drugs"

I see the Cocaine Import Agency (CIA) is still as dedicated as ever.

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I really don't understand the contradiction. Last I've read, the US has given billions in aide to the Columbian government to supposedly combat the insurgencies financed by cocaine trade and kidnappings. There should be a really heavy investigation on this...

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Last edited by Krypton on Dec-21-2007 at 01:54

This is insane.

They're bringing in heroine and cocaine, selling at ridiculously high costs, AND getting money put into the government from the need to fund police and fine/jail those captured.

It's basically America cannabalizing itself.

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Originally posted by Krypton I really don't understand the contradiction. Last I've read, the US has given billions in aide to the Columbian government to supposedly combat the insurgencies financed by cocaine trade and kidnappings. There should be a really heavy investigation on this...

Simple answer, it's not a war on drugs, it's a war on competition. Kind of like how the "war on terror" is really more like a monopoly on terror and military aggression. It's not so complicated really.

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"The Greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." -Stephen Hawking
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak out for me." -Martin Niemöller

so I'm NOT batshit crazy! I did propose that CIA and other government agencies are using drug money to fund secret operations!

Welcome to the diner called "America"! Hey, if you like how our freedom tastes, don't be going to the kitchen to see what's cooking, don't ask what's in the soup, and most certainly PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

Good ole US of Friggin A! F*ck Yeah!

...tho, as the saying goes - "Yeah I know the game is crooked, but it's the only game in town".

LULz

Hasn't the CIA been doing this for about 50 year now? Or at least since the early 1980s when they started pushing crack into the ghettos.

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The thing is that the American government is using drugs to harm the American people and people in Latin America. And the politicians are benefiting from this drug trade because they earn cold harsh cash in offshore accounts. Many politicians(those on and off screen) are millionaires for being involved in this trade and they are the ones pursuing others for doing the same thing. At least when cartels do it they provide jobs for the local community and not just keep all the money for themselves

Well, there is the CIA "Acid Test" back in the 1950's.

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The whole history of the US Gov't and the drug trade is fascinating.

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