Just say no to unintended consequences

In a blog entry, public defender David Feige quotes a New York Times article about the opium crop in Afghanistan. Record high crop production.

"He said the increase in cultivation was significantly fueled by the resurgence of Taliban rebels".

I thought we were fighting the Iraqi insurgents in Iraq so we didn't have to fight the Taliban in the US. It seems it's so we don't have to fight them in Afghanistan.