November 2005

by Ron Jacobs

Oct. 7, 2005-- Recent reports from Washington and Kabul suggest that the United States and its client government are considering some legal production of opium in that tattered country. The reasons for this is two-fold. First off, the US-sponsored authority in Kabul, H. Karzai, knows that his government can not stop opium production without losing his position, his power and perhaps his life. Secondly, some of the members of the government there are engaged in opium production and refuse to give it up, especially since there are no other truly profitable endeavors they could . . .