Reply #7: How does this make ANY sense? [View All]

[UNCLE_Rico]

WHAT, are these farmers going to accept LESS money for their (whether they're growing wheat or poppy)crop just because the US is giving it to them? I don't think so. So they'll have the SAME MONEY. And what, exactly, is to stop them from handing it over to the Taliban once they have it? What, the Tali aren't going to accept the farmers dirty US dollars direct from our government?

To me, this sounds like a handy front for raising some black ops dollars by turning around and massively profiting by distributing the poppies they just bought from the farmers (for WAY LESS than what they'd be worth) on the streets of Europe, Asia, and the USA.

I call BULLSHIT!

(and/or Shenanigans)