Marines grow opium for their masters.

U.S. Marines are now tasked with guarding the opium crops. As always Geraldo puts a spin on the story that its really bad but has to be done. Who makes the money off of this opium? Is it the farmers making all the money from these crops? Doubt it. This is nothing more than war for profit and they shove it in your face.

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[Superabound2]

So we guard their opium fields because if we dont, the civilians will "turn against us", but we have no problem murdering those civilians left and right? I think dropping bombs on people would probably piss them off a lot more than not guarding some drug lords crop. God DAMN what a fucking scam. Thanks Republicans for getting us in to this mess. Enjoy your heroin you scum.

[ARBuilder1776]

It continues under the Democrats now. I used to play along with the left vs right game but I realized it was all just a show to make us feel like we had a roll in deciding the future of our nation. Both sides are corrupt and out for power and will do anything to get it.

[philateliceun]

Taliban growing poppies? Yeah right, fool the other one. Taliban would have burned that shit down to the ground in a second, thats why the troops are there idiots!!!

[gbfromsea]

Nowhere in the interview does he say they they grow it. He said "we leave the opium crop alone." As bad as you might think that is, it's not the same as "Marines, grow opium for their masters."

[jrhirsch1]

Geraldo's head is embedded so deeply in the military's ass that he can't see the simple fact that the coalition soldiers are being killed by the opium profits they allow to be made. Afghanistan has become the largest grower of opium since the 2001 occupation, producing 90% of world supply under the blind eye of the U.S military and coalition forces.

[trexx32]

keep telling yourself that

[trexx32]

I bet we fly it out of the country for them too

[Gordon Ziegler]

He just said "We don't want to harvest the poppy, we want to turn the poppy over and get some wheat and cotton". Lol wheat and cotton sell for 1/10th the price of poppy

[Gordon Ziegler]

So why don;t the Marines arrest all those farmers? Opium is illegal RIGHT?

[Greg Baugher]

The US Federal Government is the Worlds Biggest Drug Dealer, they don't like competition and they use the military to expand their business. I know as I was in the Marine Corp for 6 years.

[x1pyroveride]

end the drug war, it wouldnt be a big deal

[82Oddball]

Thanks Republicans for getting us into this scam LOL? What have the Dems done to stop it?  They are the same party.