Saturday, May 06, 2006

In this bucolic scene, an Afghan farmer stands with his son
in a field of opium poppies. Afghanistan's economy is 
dominated by the illegal narcotics trade, which accounts 
for 60 percent of its GDP and 87 percent of the world's 
supply. But, thanks to the United States, Afghanistan is now 
a democracy. And what could be more important than that?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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Nice info, big thx.