Flashlightboy
Enlightened
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The question has intrigued me for some time and although I have my own answers I'd like to pose it to the rest of the community.
IMO, the insurgents/ al queda/ taliban fund their war through the drug trade and other commodities but largely through drugs. Poppy production in Afghanistan usually turns into drugs headed for Europe and little, compartively speaking, coming into the US from there. The farmers have known little else and it will take time to convince to grow something else but I think it'll have to be done.
As those resources diminish, the terrorists will find other drug producers and I believe that it will result in a cooperative effort with Central and South American drug cartels resulting in Mexico and the Gulf being the gateway into the US.
In next 5 years or so, I think that the drug issue will be greater than that of illegal immigration or in the alternative, it will cause the US to finally address our open borders. As the terrorists look to expanding their funding Mexico will have to decide on whose side they are on.
Insurgents need money to carry on their operations and I expect a hefty global expansion of the drug trade by entities that do not presently do business together. We may fight them over there but another real battle will be here shortly.
Any thoughts?
IMO, the insurgents/ al queda/ taliban fund their war through the drug trade and other commodities but largely through drugs. Poppy production in Afghanistan usually turns into drugs headed for Europe and little, compartively speaking, coming into the US from there. The farmers have known little else and it will take time to convince to grow something else but I think it'll have to be done.
As those resources diminish, the terrorists will find other drug producers and I believe that it will result in a cooperative effort with Central and South American drug cartels resulting in Mexico and the Gulf being the gateway into the US.
In next 5 years or so, I think that the drug issue will be greater than that of illegal immigration or in the alternative, it will cause the US to finally address our open borders. As the terrorists look to expanding their funding Mexico will have to decide on whose side they are on.
Insurgents need money to carry on their operations and I expect a hefty global expansion of the drug trade by entities that do not presently do business together. We may fight them over there but another real battle will be here shortly.
Any thoughts?