The US federal government has spent $6.4T dollars on the post-9/11 wars

[virtusa]

Who is the biggest buyer?

https://www.white-buffalo-trading.com/store/c9/Medicinal_Poppy_Seeds.html#/

US Marines (above) inspect a local poppy farm near Helmud, Afghanistan. The US soldiers now befriend the local farmers and allow the farming of 'opium' poppies to improve relations and allow locals to feed their families by growing a valuable, albeit dangerous, cash crop.

The common name for opium poppy seeds sold in USA grocery stores and on Starbuck's bagels is 'bread seed poppy.' All poppy seeds are specifically legal in the USA under federal statutes. Poppy seeds are nutritious and delicious and are sold in many USA grocery stores, especially ethnic food stores with Asian, Afghan or Mediterranean selections, and in bulk at Whole Foods everywhere. I buy some of my opium poppy seeds from venues in the commercial grocery market. So yes, store-bought bread seed will grow opium poppies.

 

[JSOP]

the root of the root cause of this opium thing is the buyer.
If there is no buyer, the opium price will be zero.


Afghanistan is the world's biggest opium producer.
Who is the biggest buyer?

We just need a small quantity for medical use actually.

like for this guy?

 

[tsznecki]

Lol, I take it you aren't familiar with Russia's repudiation of its debt? When the communists took over Russia, they told the Brits and French (among many others) to go f*** themselves about repayment of Russia's multi million dollars debt, pretty much like @Overnight suggests America to do regarding its debt to China.
The reaction from the global financial community was swift and Russia/Soviet Union was basically unable to borrow unless it also made payments to its debt, which was finally paid off in the 1980s if I remember correctly.
The very foundation of international trade is countries meeting their financial obligations. There's a reason NK is outside the global system and I can assure you that one of the conditions for that country to one day rejoin will be payment of that court fine. The US and China will renegotiate payment terms, but the debt will be paid, this, next and future generations.
America may have the world's greatest military machine, but it can't afford to operate it!

I take it you aren't familiar with power structures? America doesn't need to borrow internationally unlike Russia. America is in most cases the creditor nation.

Let's put it like this: America defaults on its debt to China. What recourse does China have?

Don't say lock America out of the global financial community that America built and currently chairs. You might win a prize if you say that, and it's not a good prize.

 

[JSOP]

And now Islamic countries do not even want the Afghan refugees:

https://apnews.com/article/europe-migration-taliban-uzbekistan-7b467c5f64c97ceea7d59ecaf0940950

Uzbekistan has 88% of the population as Muslims and yet they don't want refugees from Afghan. And at the same time, tiny little countries like UK whose religion is Christianity but is already overrun by Muslims with London's mayor as Muslim is taking in 20K refugees. 20K!! If anything, all of the refugees should be distributed to all of the countries surrounding Afghanistan and nobody goes to the West. They are all with similar religion, similar culture. WHY are they going all the way to the West when they despise the West so much and always try to force the West into adopting their Sharia Law? And besides the West was trying to help them and they didn't even want the West's help by harbouring those Taliban terrorists.

 

[zghorner]

CIA now favors a more powerful, synthetic drug.

Afghani Heroin in out, Chinese Fentanyl is in.

 

[murray t turtle]

A few years back there was a population scientist who estimated planet Earth could support "only ~ 3 Billion people in a healthy fashion".

%%
Population predictions/LOL.
Hard to predict most wars also\look @ US v United Kingdom, 1776.
Then the US media + N Vietnam beat US Armed forces.
Then the US Armed forces kept good boundaries on US media+ Operation Desert Storm was won, amazing .
Russia[evil empire] lost big in Afghanistan also , hard to predict wars.

 

[JSOP]

CIA now favors a more powerful, synthetic drug.

Afghani Heroin in out, Chinese Fentanyl is in.

Fentanyl is opium. Afghan produces that too.

 

[JSOP]

This is why you do not negotiate with the terrorists. They do not have honour and they do not honour anything. Biden better not be the second Jimmy Carter.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/tal...kabul-airport-us-cannot-guarantee-safety.html

 

[maxinger]

David vs The mighty Goliath/Godzilla,

David won and wins.

It will be documented in the history books for
the future generations to see / remember / reflect / ponder.

 

[zghorner]

Fentanyl is opium. Afghan produces that too.

no

fentanyl is synthetically made, in a lab, and the vast majority of it comes from china.