Funny you mentioned the destruction of the opium fields Terribus ... a friend of mine's younger brother is a young infantry captain in the Canadian forces who has served 2 tours in the Afghani ... he mentioned the fact he hated destroying the farmer's opium fields (at the request of the afghani gov't) ... the times that they did dstroy the 'crops' by the next day the local farmers most certainly be on the opposing side trying to kill them ... why, because they had destroyed their only viable form of income.

This individual is a career officer in the Canadian forces and proud of it ... but he vowed he would never, under no circumstances (at the point of ending his career) go on another tour over there.

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