And since then the production of opium in Afghanistan registered a 49 fold increase...
RE: Today in History: USA begins assault / occupation in Afghanistan
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They briefly joke about this in a movie called "War Machine" about how the people don't want to grow anything else and if the USA were to try to stop them from doing so, the percentage that supports them would quickly not support them.
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Hmm, interesting, so you think the primary motivation for protecting the poppy fields is maintaining popular support? Seems plausible for sure. I also know that drug production has been used to finance CIA operations, at least since the 70s.
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