There is a dark side to Afghanistan, and then (perhaps) there can be a new and legitimate side. Medicinal properties for Poppies: read. To end the funding of terrorism, & horrible path for addictions; is to provide hope for farmers who will break the cycle.
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This is central to the issue, and (in my view) the only way by which civil society (via economical progress) can turn about the need for stability in this region... Otherwise, there is only musical chairs as militants hostile to moderate east & regional west; simply re-group to the region of less security.
Human nature reveals that people fight for whatever is most profitable... While aid delivery and cultural developments, become the essential benefit of a secure society... Image Afghan School
Over 100,000 of our brave men have served in Afghanistan; and as in Iraq, they promised and succeeded (amidst troop casualty) to clear the region of land mines...
If they say that they are going to do something, they just do it.
I thought that our Messiah was going to go to talk to those of the Middle East, to end the fighting... And that his visits to stop violence, would be consummated without drones... Is that off the chalk-board now?
Papaver somniferum L. The poppy seeds and fixed oil that can be expressed from the seed are not narcotic, because they develop after the capsule has lost the opium-yielding potential. Poppy seed is generally recognized as safe for human consumption as a spice or a natural flavoring...
Papaver rhoeus L., known as corn or field poppy, is an annual herb native to Europe and Asia. Extracts of the plant are used in medicine and beverages...
