Quadsville

Its time the President of the United States speak up to the leaders of the most powerful nations in the world.. American troops are dying daily while you apologize to the rest of the Supreme ducks in a row. We do not send our family members over to be ruthlessly slaughtered for evil Taliban henchmen to line their pockets with gold from heroin sales.

Our previous President got tired of Sadam defying the United Nations resolutions, and as you can see Sadam no longer does. It is time you found the courage to tells the Nations that surround Afghanistan that looking the other way when drug shipments pass though their region is not acceptable. The Taliban regime is not a religious group of worthy men, they are however evil sadistic henchmen who thrive on power and are encouraged that you will not speak out and tell world leaders that 200,000 plus troops are needed from their nations also to change the decrepit living standards in that nation.

The United Nations has recently released a report on the opium markets that fund terrorism. Our troops deserve a fight based on TRUTH instead of the daily argument if there are enough dying Americans in Afghanistan. If the war is based on controlling the region then you as a world leader must insist there are several thousand troops to occupy gained territory much like the surge in Iraq. Even old tired Army Generals know the conquered nations must be occupied until there is a mindset change acceptable for all citizens of a nation.

How Many Iowans know most of these facts? The product described below will soon find its way to your doorstep if you don’t demand and end of the opium trade. The first sentence below talks about 15 million addicts, but the truth is the pain and suffering of the families of those addicts.

UN findings say an opium market worth $65 billion funds global terrorism, caters to 15 million addicts, and kills 100,000 people every year.

The UN says corruption, lawlessness and uncontrolled borders result in only 2% of Afghan opiates being seized locally.

Afghanistan produces 92% of the world's opium, with the equivalent of 3,500 tons

leaving the country each year.

More people die globally from Afghan opium than any other drug

　"The Afghanistan/Pakistan border region has turned into the world's largest free-trade zone in anything and everything that is illicit - drugs of course, but also weapons, bomb-making equipment, chemical precursors, drug money, even people and migrants,

The report highlights a number of key factors as to why Afghanistan's illegal drugs trade has such an impact around the world.

　The Taliban's direct involvement in the opium trade allows them to fund a war machine that is becoming technologically more complex

Just 2% of drugs are seized per annum, as compared with Colombia's 36% annually, the report says.

Seizure rates are thought to decline as the drugs move closer to more lucrative key markets, with the value of the drugs doubling with every border crossed.

For example, Iran intercepts about 20% of the opium entering its territory and Pakistan 17% - but Russia and some European countries are seizing less than 5%.

The UNODC is calling for more international resources to tackle the problem at source - in Afghanistan and surrounding areas - where law enforcement costs are cheaper.

An estimated $160million of drug money per year is now available to support terrorists activities, the report suggests. "The Taliban's direct involvement in the opium trade allows them to fund a war machine that is becoming technologically more complex and increasingly widespread,"

In addition, the UN says one of its most surprising finds is that addiction is costing more lives in consumers than the numbers of foreign soldiers killed fighting in Afghanistan.

In Russia, the country worst-affected by the drug, the annual 30,000 death toll is higher than the total Soviet death toll during the USSR's Afghanistan campaign of 1979-1989,

In addition, the UNODC says there is a pressing need to locate and destroy massive stockpiles of Afghan opium - an estimated 12,000 tons is being hoarded, it believes.

With current supplies far outweighing demand, fears are high that Afghanistan's opium has the potential to spread terrorism and the drugs trade for many more years to come.