Tomguy53 wrote:
Years ago, this country should have helped the farmers change from growing poppy fields to some other crop. Subsidize the project to make it work, and eradicate the crop that lets the drug money fund terrorists.

Actually, I think that many months ago - around the time when Obama gave the commanders the 21,000 troops that they had long been asking Bush for - we actually did begin a "civilian surge" of people representing the Depts. of Agriculture and Commerce with exactly what you stated as their goal.



But that would be good news and real change as Obama promised and therefore unworthy of widespread reporting or notice by almost anyone.