Especially with Blowbama in charge.
Ironic a man who was partial to marijuana,cocaine and booze would continue the war on drugs in afghanistan,hypocrisy? or just a shield to hide the true nature of US/UK involvement there,which is afghanistans untapped mineral/oil wealth:
Mining in Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Which lets face it was the exact same reason the soviets were there and got their @rses kicked too.
Also ironic that since the war on drugs started,afghanistan a country all but devoid of heroin under the taliban who outlawed its growning should now within a mere couple of years become the WORLDS major exporter of heroin.
two very good reasons for the UK/US governments to lie to their people,firstly to get them that stoned they don't aslk questions,secondly to alleviate afghanistan of its reserves of oil,copper,lithium,barite,chromite,coal,gold,iron ore,lead,natural gas,and not forgetting,salt,sulpher,talc,zinc,high quality emeralds,rubies and lapis lazuli,plus quartz,topaz,tourmaline,sapphire,aquamarine to name but a few,quite a haul and no shortage of justification for our illicit presence there,is it any wonder the afghan (insurgents,pmsl,quality,insurgents in their own country) people will fight till the death to protect their future.
then there's the biggie,afghanistans uranium deposits,another reason why the soviets were there and no doubt a huge reason why we are there.
If you are gullible enough to believe our presence in afghanistan is to prevent drugs and to rescue the afghan people from the taliban,you are seriously deluded,if you believe the threat to invade Iran is nothing to do with that country's oil and uranium reserves,think again.
Its only a matter of time till the people who wish to defend their interests in those countries have nuclear capability,we should be very very concerned that our government's actions today could bring widespread death and destruction to our cities tomorrow.