RC/CA

Jun 29th, 2009 @ 5:26 pm

“Spraying the [poppy] crops just penalizes the farmer and they grow crops somewhere else,” said Holbrooke. “The hundreds of millions of dollars we spend on crop eradication has not had any damage on the Taliban. On the contrary, it has helped them recruit. This is the least effective program ever.” He also called the US efforts so far “a waste of money.”

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