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Is that the same sovereignty that stopped the US from from drilling their oil after overthrowing their government? It's odd reason given that narcotics are/wer
by 2_listerine_pls 10y ago
Is that the same sovereignty that stopped the US from from drilling their oil after overthrowing their government?
It's odd reason given that narcotics are/were supposedly one of the principal sources of the Taliban’s financing.
- mattnewton 10y agoWe all moved on after finding out there were no weapons of mass destruction without even an "oops" from the public, so I wouldn't hold your breath on anyone launching a successful campaign there- still, if that's true, I would really like to see someone make a documentary or some articles about it in a format the masses will see. Could be really compelling to people not typically reached by advocates of drug reform.
- Paradigma11 10y agoWhat oil in afghanistan? Even in iraq the oil reserves are managed by the iraqi ministry and went mostly to chinese companies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Iraq_relations#Recent_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Iraq_relations#R... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/world/middleeast/china-reaps-biggest-benefits-of-iraq-oil-boom.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/world/middleeast/china-rea...