Quote from flytiger:
The politicians got in bed with Wall St. who got in bed with a plethera of nefarious characters, from the Russian mob, to terrorist fund raisers, to simple off shore hedge funds laundering money for same. (All documentable, btw). Like the good kid (stretch there, but bear with me) running with the bad crowd, events get out of hand.
This rings true. For example, the Taliban had virtually eliminated poppy cultivation in Afghanistan in early 2001, now it is back to record levels. It is doubtful that it was a coincidence.

