I was told once by somebody that if you use drugs you are a terrorist.

Or something like that.

awkwaaaaaaaard

Reagan makes a new monkey movie with an Austrian immigrant?

Thanks Bush.

Invasion of Iraq = Destabilization + Opportunity

Invasion of Iraq + Time = ???

Destabilization + Time = Opportunity

What happens when the War on Terror meets the War on Drugs in a steel cage death match?


Everyone loses.

i think the war on terror wins because it gets to use bigger bombs and faster planes. the war on drugs is way too into its own shiat to muster a fight

I thought drugs were against the Koran? Man, those backwards towelheads can't seem to agree on which part of their bible to follow.

wait, that sounds like ALL religions.

The war on terror is a perfectly legit cause, even if the methodology is awful. The war on drugs, notsomuch.

We find drugs when we were really looking for bombs...

And bombs when we were looking for drugs?

But I thought all people who use drugs ARE terrorists. I saw it on TV once, a guy bought a baggie then all of a sudden there's a car with a trunk full of ak-47s. I failed to draw the correlation, but the TV said so, and I know the American government wouldn't lie to me.

:)

Englebert Slaptyback Quote 2008-07-06 10:30:34 AM

What happens when the War on Terror meets the War on Drugs in a steel cage death match?


Everyone loses.

Except the drug traffickers.

The war on drugs is a failure at the national level; why would it be any different on a global level?

pugsleythegreat:But I thought all people who use drugs ARE terrorists. I saw it on TV once, a guy bought a baggie then all of a sudden there's a car with a trunk full of ak-47s. I failed to draw the correlation, but the TV said so, and I know the American government wouldn't lie to me.

:)

You forgot the part where a white woman did some drugs and then had sex with that black guy, and then ululated and drove over a small child.

Whoever wins, we lose

Bill Frist"Thanks Bush."

Bush is just acting out the role he was bred for. Blame the voters.

I thought that the war on drugs was over and drugs won.

Occam's Chainsaw

so drugs lead to interracial intercourse also?

Would someone PLEASE think of the children?

ZOMG. this is the best sunday morning evar. I lurv you fark.

Englebert Slaptyback: What happens when the War on Terror meets the War on Drugs in a steel cage death match? Everyone loses.



Begs to differ...

(Hotlinked with your oil money.)

We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get into locked a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.

They kill each other and everyone wins?

Oakland A's FTW!...it's not nice to claim someone else's words as your own.

Well, shiat. This whole Iraq war has just been one EPIC FAIL after another.

BGates:I was told once by somebody that if you use drugs you are a terrorist.

Or something like that.

The "war on some drugs" increases the value of such fun substances by as much as 17000 percent, sending lots more money to the turrists. So, if you support the WoD and/or vote for the people who do, then you're supporting turrism.

StoneColdAtheist:Oakland A's FTW!...it's not nice to claim someone else's words as your own.

That quote is recognizable enough to post without citing the source.

What happens when the War on Terror meets the War on Drugs in a steel cage death match?

FAIL²

I'd ask whether it could possibly get worse. Luckily I know the answer to that: There's always tomorrow's news.

lenfromak:BGates:I was told once by somebody that if you use drugs you are a terrorist.

Or something like that.

The "war on some drugs" increases the value of such fun substances by as much as 17000 percent, sending lots more money to the turrists. So, if you support the WoD and/or vote for the people who do, then you're supporting turrism.

THIS. Make a quick comparison of the cost of a backyard tomato plant and a similar weight of even the cheapest pot, and you'll see why international criminal syndicates salivate over this shiat.

What happens when a 23 year old gets home from work at 10:00pm every night and climbs out on the roof and smokes a bowl?

He drinks dr. pepper and plays Bad Company for a few hours and falls asleep happy.

If that supports the turrists, so be it. (cuz you know, they're all over there somewhere, in the deserty places.)

Oakland A's FTW!:"We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, laughers, screamers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get into locked a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon." - Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas Copyright 1998 Universal Pictures


TFTFM

This upsets me and my armchair almost enough to call mom. Almost.

Steezy: That quote is recognizable enough to post without citing the source.

Granted that it's recognizable to someone of a certain age, but won't someone think of the poor souls still living in their Mom's basement who may not yet have encountered Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?

When a quote rises to the level of meme, quote marks or citations are no longer required. In the meantime, please do the right thing.

/99 percent of you, etc. etc. [fark meme]

Oceana is at war with Eastasia. Oceana has always been at war with Eastasia

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas Copyright 1998 Universal Pictures

/facepalm!
//try Rolling Stone magazine, 1971

We tried to get Afghani farmers to not grow poppies but we farked that up too. The US was so busy meddling in things but not providing any solutions so the farmers couldn't find a market for non drug crops. There was also some fark up that would not let the Afghanis sell their crops to nations in Africa that had food aid dollars to spend. Theirs were also closer to Africa. Instead we honored some contracts to mega AG companies in the US. So all the Afghani farmers went back to growing poppies because at least there is money in it.

We fail in a giant circular pattern. Maybe it is time we quit messing with other countries or learn to do something without making it worse.

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Lets end the insanity of the WOD.

Oceana is at war with Eastasia. Oceana has always been at war with Eastasia

That's a damn lie!ELEVENTY!!11!!!

/Oceana has always been at war with Eurasia
//wait, there's a knock at th

Before I RTFA, I immediately thought, "the Bill of Rights dies a bitter, painful death." Then I RTFA, and realized that this is a rerun of the war on terror in Afghanistan. After the invasion of Afghanistan, the heroin industry grew to the biggest in the world.Link (new window) Now British troops are engaged in eradicating poppy fields, and trying to get farmers to switch to wheat Link (new window)

American foreign policy: spreading dope wherever it goes.

Jacked up oil prices? Check
Jacked up food prices? Check
Jacked up illicit drug production? Check
Jacked up national debt? Check
Plummeting value of the dollar? Check

Hold on to your asses folks, the pending implosion ain't gonna be pretty.

/mission accomplished indeed

It takes on the winner of the game between the "War on Poverty" and the "War on Christmas".

I think.

Is there any shiat they won't make up to make sure we stay in Iraq?

Seriously, this is just too coincidental and sounds too much like some bad B-movie. What's next? Iraq is emerging as a haven for child porn distributors? That'd keep us there for another 200 years.

All we need to do is get the Mexican cartels worked up enough to take over fighting the Iraqis in a turf war, then sit back and enjoy the show. Problems solved!

pugsleythegreat:But I thought all people who use drugs ARE terrorists. I saw it on TV once, a guy bought a baggie then all of a sudden there's a car with a trunk full of ak-47s. I failed to draw the correlation, but the TV said so, and I know the American government wouldn't lie to me.

:)

I remember some of those ads, implying that smoking weed of all things was supporting terrorism. This was in rural ILLINOIS, where pretty much anything will grow if you just toss some seeds out in the yard, and lots of tall cornfields to hide stuff, so it's not as if there's not a local supply, even for people who don't DIY.

Immediately afterwards an SUV ad came on, and we marvelled that no one was making the "use gas, support terrorism" argument, which is at least marginally less crazy.

I think we should outlaw Iraq and invade drugs.

Oakland A's FTW!, nice photo. Oh, and you can come out of the basement now.

efficientscheme:Englebert Slaptyback Quote 2008-07-06 10:30:34 AM

What happens when the War on Terror meets the War on Drugs in a steel cage death match?


Everyone loses.

Except the drug traffickers.

And the war traffickers.

I sure do love off-topic arguments about what does or does not constitute plagiarism! Seriously, if someone didn't recognize that quote, they'd probably just say "Oh, I don't know what that's from and missed the reference", not "Oh my God what is this dude with all these drugs doing on Fark?"

Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if they used this as another excuse for attacking Iran. "B-b-b-but the drug smugglers go from Afghanistan through Iran to Iraq! If we had control of Iran, we could stop them!"

MightySausage

Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if they used this as another excuse for attacking Iran. "B-b-b-but the drug smugglers go from Afghanistan through Iran to Iraq! If we had control of Iran, we could stop them!"

I still have buttons the US government passed out as propaganda during the 80s that say "Free Afghanistan."

When we established, built, and funded the Taliban as a resistance force against those wiley Russians, opium production plummeted to what was, perhaps, its lowest level ever. Five years in, the narcotic trade has exploded.

I'm not entirely convinced the reason we're in Afghanistan is to "fight terrorism," but controlling Iran would be a convenient excuse to ensure various people will continue to profit from the resumed increase in narcotic production while making it seem like they're attempting to do the opposite.

Legalizing drugs would cripple the black market.
Eliminate the massive profits for bad guys, and force them to get real jobs.
Vastly decrease drug wars on our streets.
Cut prison and court congestion dramatically.

Use the War On Drugs money for education and treatment.

That is the only scenario I see that would allow the War On Terrorism to win.

The war drugs are waging on us is an incomparably larger problem for the United States and Mankind than terrorism can ever be.
Add it up: death, addiction, health, crime, wasted lives,wasted resources.
Billions affected.

Oh yeah, legalization would also kill the cash cow for those few thousand terrorists out there.