IF WE MUST DEPEND ON ALLIES LIKE THESE...
An AP story on March 2 (Sun-Sentinel.com) reports that the US is disappointed "...that top anti-terrorism allies Afghanistan, Pakistan and Colombia had fallen short in the war on drugs . . . and criticized perennial foes Iran, North Korea and Venezuela for not cooperating." I'm sure the latter three "perennial foes" will be greatly chastened by the American criticism, and that our anti-terror allies will ensure that no stone be left unturned in the effort to find ways to help us in our anti-drug struggle. Those who are less optimistic, however, might wonder whether an american war whose victory depends on unstinting support of collaborators such as these is one that really should be pursued.
posted by RGNewman, MD @ 12:40 PM
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I do believe THAT WAR should be pursued starting with my home town and if those countries are content to practicing policies that enable problems for us, then I feel we should stand against them.
As a former prison employee, I have seen the difference in an addict and a criminal. It is daylight and dark. We seem to agree, on some level, that addiction is a disease, but the only legitimate treatment that we seem willing to employ is incarceration. When our judicial system hands down stiffer penalties to a kid with a few pills than it does to a man who sexually molests kids and locks them up in the same prison, as I have seen happen firsthand, we must
realize the insanity of it all.
I too happen to be a former prison employee - moonlighting in the NYC prison system almost 40 years ago. I agree with you. Our policies and practices are nuts.
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