why are the allied forces with all their spy and satellite technology ?

Question

unable to locate the crops of poppies used in heroin production and systematicaly destroy them. would that not be a breakthrough in halting the money for weapons ihave looked at google earth and you can see the poppie crops surely the spy sattelites used by our forces would be more precise

Answer 1

Poppies are not being prioritized by the Allied forces for destruction but was concentrating on running after the enemies that get much of their funds from opium.

Answer 2

When the Taleban were in power, heroin production fell. It's now at record levels despite the supposed allied mission to eradicate it. In order to convince the growers to cease cultivation a credible alternative must be presented. There isn't one. It is naive to assume that the crop can simply be eradicated in a country the size of Afghanistan especially given the limited no.of personnel available to perform the task & the money generated by the huge demand for heroin.

Answer 3

in answer to your question a man in afganistan an afgani i think has been eradicating poppy crops in afganistan also through religious leaders attempted to discourage the growing of opium poppies i have also read current forces not enough to eradicate poppies and fight taliban at same time what might work is a google eartheducation program where students are shown images of poppies told that opium is unhealthy bring in dea officers or the like to speak at schools and pass out information build anti drug information sites encourage evryone to exchange anti drug info supply free internet anti drug sites and help build other web sites as part of the program set up anti drug programs in u.s. to relay to afganistan by satellite after satellite t.v. set up not likely but worth shot dea and local religious authorities and afgani anti-drug units could set up a coordinated anti-drug system also supply food and shelter protection for the area bring in agencies which handle it drug units should as well also supply money to discourage drug trade find jobs set up welfare system better people on this already i know do not need dilletante making suggetions still worth a try perhaps link the whole country then once everything up an running pull out do same in u.s. encourage drug dealers to destroy drugs use linked system to discourage drug using t.v. does this but i am talking about a voluntary network

Answer 4

At the end of the Vietnam war - the USA government were afraid to bring it's soldiers home - because most of them were heroin addicts. Heroin made them hero's! It helped them cope with killing whole villages of men, women and children. I suspect the soldiers still use heroin. The days of fags and booze are long over. A lot of top military are bound to be involved in the drug trade in Afghanistan - the same as in Vietnam.

Answer 5

Well its like this. First off drugs are an important part of how people do business and yes even legal business. Also, these fields are heavily gaurded. Long story short it doesnt stand to have enough positive results to go and destroy the worldwide supply of opium.

Answer 6

I did hear that the gov was interested in the heroin for medical reasons. Also if you suddenly stop the drug trade all hell would break loose.

Answer 7

They fund the cartel. Daaa.

Answer 8

they don't have the new google. They are using Netscape 1.0 on a 23K modem.