Rice Praises Afghan Drug Clampdown (AP) (honest headline)

[cthrumatrix]

Rice Praises Afghan Drug Clampdown

Thu Mar 17, 6:06 AM ET World - AP Asia


By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer

KABUL, Afghanistan - Weeks after the United States declared Afghanistan (news - web sites) on the verge of becoming a narcotic state, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (news - web sites) on Thursday praised Afghan efforts to clamp down on the heroin trade and Afghan President Hamid Karzai predicted drug production will drop significantly this year.

Without major progress to stem drug production, the drug economy threatens to undermine democratic advances in the formerly militant Islam nation.


Rice also applauded Afghan steps toward democracy, including presidential elections that marked the first time many Afghans had ever cast votes.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20050317/ap_on_re_as/rice_afghanistan

Surely, every man woman & child knows that poppy production (drug trade) has set all time records with the US "in charge".

This is where you just want to "blow up the damn media".....

[DemonFighterLives]

1. Sure Condi

Let's give millions to the production and millions to the destruction. Makes sense to me.

[ClintonTyree]

2. Hey, don't mess with the CIA slush fund.............

Rice could get her ass in a wringer if she keeps talking like that.

Hmmmmmm...... just two weeks ago they were a narcotic state. Now they're praising it as a wonderful cutback in narcotics production. My, how quickly things change over there!

[grumpy old fart]

4. Reality is what we say it is....now shut up, or else!

<sarcasm off>

[Snap]

8. riiiiiight

I think I get it.
Clampdown used to mean like squeeze, now I guess it means like more open.
Maybe this is just a turn of phrase like "Freedom is on the March", which we all know really means we're gonna blow all your shit away.
I guess "all your shit" includes: cities, buildings, men, women, children, cats, dogs, plants....etc. Do I have this right?

[cthrumatrix]

5. you have a point...the CIA has to be quite pleased with the "cash flow"

[Alpharetta]

3. She should hand out some medals

I'd love to see some pictures of that

[underpants]

6. We can all sleep well knowing someone so knowledgeable is in charge

Just as knowledgeable as she was before 9/11.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

7. Kindadizzy Rice says: "Say, aren't all of those flowers beautiful...

...what do call them? Poppies, you say?"

[saigon68]

9. The Sleazy Corrupt Mayor of Kabul profits from this Heroin Trade

After all he is the CIA's man and has been for years. His reign is based on Drug Politics and Narco-terror.

He has 350 Black water Mercenaries protecting his sorry ass at $2,000.00 a day each. So rival drug Lords don't "Take Out" his sorry ass.

[Javaman]

10. Unless they are napalming the Poppy fields...

She, the admin and those fuck ups running Afghanistan are living in a pipe dream...Hmmmm, maybe they are, maybe they are...