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2008-09-17 India-Pakistan

'Pak, Afghan must lead efforts to combat extremism'

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 I'll feel a lot better about the possible outcomes there if I see more focus on the drug trade. Boom booms take lots of money. Drugs are the only internal source for that kind of dough. Foreign oil profits is the other main source. Much more pressure needs to be applied on those two sources for things to improve. Then, like in Iraq, turn the population against the extremists by giving them some stability and opportunity to prosper. Up to now, our patchwork efforts pretty well guarentee a perpetual conflict.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-09-17 12:05|| 2008-09-17 12:05|| Front Page Top

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