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    Heroin may be a deadly scourge, but there are more pressing concerns, U.S. officials say, and ways to fight drug production without driving Afghan farmers into the hands of the Taliban. "You’re able to put a hurt on the Taliban without necessarily putting the hurt on the people who happen to live there" said William Wechsler, deputy assistant secretary of defense for counter-narcotics and global threats. Full Article at Air Force Times
    You’re able to put a hurt on the Taliban without necessarily putting the hurt on the people who happen to live there
    SOURCE: Air Force Times 4 months ago
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Afghan poppy eradication not top priority
  1. Destroy the facility ... and you take big money out of the pocket of traffickers ... That’s where I think we can make the difference.
    SOURCE: Air Force Times 4 months ago
  2. Eradication is a waste of money
    SOURCE: Air Force Times 4 months ago
  3. It might destroy some acreage, but it didn’t reduce the amount of money the Taliban got by one dollar
    Richard Holbrooke – Richard Holbrooke SOURCE: Air Force Times 4 months ago
  4. You hurt them when you take out where the value is added
    SOURCE: Air Force Times 4 months ago
  5. The real difference as we move from how we were focusing on Afghanistan in the past [to] the president’s new focus on counterinsurgency is this is a policy that defines the strategic interest, that defines winning over the population
    SOURCE: Air Force Times 4 months ago
  6. Our experience with illicit crop reduction programs worldwide has shown that a credible threat of forced eradication remains critical to the success of a comprehensive counternarcotics strategy
    SOURCE: Air Force Times 4 months ago

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