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Turning “a Blind Eye” to the Afghan Opium Problem

Turning “a Blind Eye” to the Afghan Opium Problem

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The New York Times has an illuminating article regarding the opium trade in Afghanistan. The title is “U.S. Turns a Blind Eye to Opium in Afghan Town“, and it begins (emphasis added): The effort to win over Afghans on former Taliban turf in Marja has put American and NATO commanders…

The Washington Post on ‘lunatic’ 9/11 ‘conspiracy theorists’

The Washington Post on ‘lunatic’ 9/11 ‘conspiracy theorists’

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An editorial in the Washington Post yesterday slammed Japanese member of parliament Yukihisa Fujita because he “seems to think that America’s rendering of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, is a gigantic hoax.” His “ideas” about the terrorist attacks “are too bizarre, half-baked and intellectually bogus to merit serious discussion.”…