Poppy Cock-a-Mania

The New York Times reported the other day that the old Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia has been faithfully eradicating opium poppy cultivation.

Most of the world's heroin is now produced in the Golden Crescent, including Pakistan & Afghanistan. According to another report, its another bumper year for the Afghan Opium Crop

"Opium cultivation in Afghanistan grew by 17 percent in 2007, reaching record levels for the second straight year, according to a United Nations report released Monday. Despite a $600 million American counter narcotics effort and an increase in the number of poppy-free provinces to 13 from 6, the report found that the amount of land in Afghanistan used for opium production is now larger than amount of land used for coca cultivation in all of Latin America."

It makes you wonder about why modern wars are fought where they are. At least it makes me wonder... a little bit.

Perhaps someone was right when he prophesized, "Evil does not die of its own self because it imagines it speaks for god." Or something like that.