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sguy78 on 12 July 2009

Not even close.



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megaman79 on 12 July 2009

Overestimating Afghanistan's capabilities, the United States (vietnam style) have plenty of bombs to drop. Knowing that the country has been broke for twenty yrs prob. isnt a concern though.



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TheRealMafoo on 12 July 2009
megaman79 said:
Overestimating Afghanistan's capabilities, the United States (vietnam style) have plenty of bombs to drop. Knowing that the country has been broke for twenty yrs prob. isnt a concern though.

You can drop 100,000 bombs on Afghanistan, and you might kill 60-70% of the people in the hills. Try to then occupy the other 30-40%, and see what happens.



angrypoolman on 13 July 2009

mexico and afghanistan are similar in that they are both dirty places to live



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canch on 15 July 2009

some more news just out today... 'In the latest incident, 12 bodies of federal police officers were found on the side of a remote highway'.

'Since Calderon went after the drug cartels shortly after coming into office in 2006, more than 10,000 people have died across Mexico, about 1,000 of them police.'

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/14/mexico.violence/index.html

In less than 4 years over 10,000 people have been killed in mexico due to Calderon crack down on the cartels and they is no sign of it ending.   It may not be like Afghanistan but they is a war going on between the goverment and drug lords.

'La Familia Michoacana emerged in the 1990s as a conservative paramilitary group designed to insulate the state from the large drug cartels, said Bruce Bagley, a professor at the University of Miami and expert on drug trafficking.'



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Tyrannical on 15 July 2009

I wonder how big of an impact on the cartel legalizing just pot would have? I'm not sure legalizing cocaine would be a good idea.



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canch on 15 July 2009
Tyrannical said:
I wonder how big of an impact on the cartel legalizing just pot would have? I'm not sure legalizing cocaine would be a good idea.


I don't think the united states would ever allow mexico to legalize any drugs.  But another question is 'Why do goverments want to stop people using drugs?'



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