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I believe it was in the book "Everything We Had" (although I am not certain of the source, because I read about it a while ago) that the only reason we were in
by RaceWon 8y ago
I believe it was in the book "Everything We Had" (although I am not certain of the source, because I read about it a while ago) that the only reason we were in Nam, was so the CIA could protect the Poppy plants which they needed to fund their Black Ops.
- nyolfen 8y agoyou need to read better books
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- RaceWon 8y agoSorry, did I say that out loud??
- dang 8y agoCould you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to Hacker News?
- RaceWon 8y agoIt seems it was not in the aforementioned book after all, which btw was a good read. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_trafficking https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_traf...
- RaceWon 8y agoYou're a clever bastid