Pubdate: Tue, 02 Apr 2002
Source: Medford Mail Tribune (OR)
Copyright: 2002 The Mail Tribune
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Author: George Hutchinson

IS WAR WORTH THE COST?

The Bush administration, in agreement with the CIA, has decided not to 
destroy the opium crop in Afghanistan. President Bush, who previously 
linked the Afghan drug trade directly to terrorism, has decided that 
"winning the war" in Afghanistan and preserving our "ally," the president 
of Pakistan, necessitate opium poppy production. Is either the war on drugs 
or the war in Afghanistan worth American lives and the enormous costs of both?

George Hutchinson, Medford
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