SCN: Correlation between drug use and terrorism

[patrick fisher]

Technically, Bush may be right, to "some" degree (as some people get into illicit
activity to feed their families because there is nothing else they can do), but to
make such a direct and strong message linking drugs and terrorism is as lame as one
can get. It's a total joke and belongs up there with "Just Say No". 

It's simply ignoring reality. Actually dissuading people from getting off their
crank because it's patriotic.

Patrick


--- Joe Mabel <jmabel at speakeasy.org> wrote:
> Don't be silly. Fundamentally, a junkie is just another victim, but surely you 
> don't think someone is out there doing good works with the money derived from 
> the heroin trade, do you? Indeed, quite apropos, Afghanistan is one of the 
> world's leading producers of raw opium (the so-called Northern Alliance 
> probably being even more opium-friendly than the unlamented Taliban). From 
> there, as it is refined and before it makes it to the veins of seef-destructive 
> Ammricans, it most likely passes through the hands such lovely folks as the 
> Chinese Triads.
> 
> This is not particularly the nature of drugs: it's the nature of valuable black 
> market commodities. In Africa, terrorists generally finance themselves on 
> diamonds (think the recently deceased Jonas Savimbi, or for that matter any of 
> the so-called governments of the Congn/Zaire). 
> 
> I realize that the fact that Bush says something decreases the probablity 
> that it is true, but in this case I believe he is right. Of course, he would 
> never admit that prime examples of the drug/terror connection are cocaine in the 
> US support of the Nicaraguan contras of the Eighties or the network of 
> "anit-communist" ex-Kuomintang generals (and their heirs) who still function as 
> warlords in the "Golden Triangle" of Indochina.
> 
> --------------------
> Joe Mabel
> 
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, patrick fisher wrote:
> 
> > Then it must be treason to be a junkie.
> > 
> > P
> > 
> > 
> > --- Joe Mabel <jmabel at speakeasy.org> wrote:
> > > Well, W. should know. After all, his dad was CIA, and whowhas a greater  cord
> of 
> > > financing terror with drug money. Sure the two can be related: the CIA aren't 
> > > the only people who understand that selling drugs is a grrat way to finance
> oer 
> > > illicit activity. Not that all drug sales are terror-related or vice versa,
> but 
> > > illicit activities tend to cluster - just like interlocking directorates of 
> > > corporations!
> > > 
> > > Years ago I had a (rather druggie) friend who had bumper stickers made up that
> 
> > > said "Stop contra aid: boycott cocaine".
> > > 
> > > I don't advocate (or particularly oppose) drug use but much as I would
> recommend 
> > > buying locally grown organic produce, I would recommend that if you are going
> to 
> > > buy drugs, stick to locally grown organic dope. Or grow your own.  Responsible
> 
> > > consumerism applies just as much when you are living outside the law. And 
> > > there's simply no such thing as "good folks" producing Heroin or cocaine. If
> you 
> > > are buying that shit, it's just a question of which evils you are supporting, 
> > > and you'll probably never know.
> > > 
> > > --------------------
> > > Joe Mabel
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Patrick Fisher wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I can't believe this:
> > > > 
> > > > Drugs and Terror: Understanding the Link and the Impact on America 
> > > > 
> > > > "It's so important for Americans to know that the traffic in drugs
> > > > finances the work of terror, sustaining terrorists, that terrorists use
> > > > drug profits to fund their cells to commit acts of murder. If you quit
> > > > drugs, you join the fight against terror in America."
> > > > President George W. Bush 
> > > > 
> > > > There is an undeniable link between acts of terror and illicit drugs. Law
> > > > enforcement officials around the world have long recognized this close
> > > > connection, but a changing world and recent events have made this link
> > > > more relevant in the daily lives of all Americans. The bottom line is
> > > > simple: terror and drug groups are linked in a mutually-beneficial
> > > > relationship by money, tactics, geography and politics. Americans must
> > > > understand that our individual choices about illicit drug use have the
> > > > power to support or undermine our nation's war on terrorism.
> > > >  
> > > > http://www.theantidrug.com/drugs_terror/understanding_impact.html
> > > > 
> > > > There is always some kind of link to anything. Is someone who is hooked
> > > > and loaded on heroin really going to go to this site and get real
> > > > patriotic and quit?
> > > > 
> > > > It's a stretch.
> > > >  Patrick
> > > > Webmaster
> > > > Seattle Community Network
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