Russia Orders Troops To Prepare For War With US -- Before It Is News
Reports circulating in the Kremlin today state that Prime Minister Putin has ordered Russian military forces to prepare to confront American military forces in Afghanistan over what Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov warns is the “greatest threat to International peace and security”, Afghanistan’s thriving drug trade supported by the US and NATO.
Not being reported to the American people about the Afghanistan war is that it has nothing to do with their being protected from terrorists, but rather it involves the billions of dollars gained for many of the West’s top intelligence agencies (mainly the CIA) from the heroin produced in this region (90% of World’s total) that by 2001 the Taliban had virtually eliminated.
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My Comment: The heroin problem in Russia and other former Soviet states is a disaster. Millions are addicted, with all the social and medical problems associated with it. With much of these drugs coming from Afghanistan .... the Russians have every reason to be upset. But what is aggravating the situation is the perception that while there is some drug eradication programs in place, U.S./Nato/Afghan attempts to stem this trade are minimal at best .... absent at worse.
Will Russia go to war with the U.S. over Afghanistan's export of drugs .... of course not. But this will strain ties as Afghanistan continues to get a pass in the production and exportation of drugs like heroin.
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