Gretchen Peters: Seeds Of Terror by Gretchen Peters (photo)
By Clarencia Cynrae on June 9th, 2009The Taliban has been actively fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Taliban insurgents are able to continue their attacks because they have money. Where does this cash come from? Gretchen Peters claimed she did her research, interviews and surveys to derive at her conclusion. Peters said the Taliban in 2009 are richer than the Taliban in September 11, 2001.
“Seeds Of Terror” is a book written by Gretchen Peters. The journalist claimed the Taliban is paid for protection services to the opium and heroin drug trade.
Gretchen Peters spent about 5 years along the Afghanistan- Pakistan border as a reporter/ journalist for various news media. Peters said she has done her homework and knows what she is talking about. In Peters’ book, she suggested cutting off the money trail to cripple the Taliban.
Peters warned that the Taliban showed more “Mafiosi than Mujahedin” behaviors. ( Mafia vs Soldier behavior). More Muslims were harmed by the drug trade than infidels (non-Muslims) when they became addicted to drugs. Peters said the Koran’s teachings did not favor dealing in drugs.
Seeds Of Terror by Gretchen Peters.
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June 9th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Terrorists and drugs dealers love people who think like Gretchen Peters. Every one of her arguments is based on the false premise that drug prohibition decreases drug use and legalization would increase use. This complete misunderstanding of cause and effect is why the Taliban’s profits are at record levels.
Prohibition = higher prices = more government corruption = more profits for terrorists and organized crime = more drug dealers and users
Legalization = more control = lower prices = lower profits for terrorists and organized crime = fewer drug dealers and users.
Thankfully, more and more people are starting to understand how the actions of the U.S. government-led war on drugs has made things so much worse. Too bad Gretchen Peters doesn’t.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:02 am
Prohibition of alcohol and it’s legalization doesn’t seem to follow your reasoning. Could there be more production and use of alcohol if it were again illegal?
June 27th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
M Diotte’s premise that legalization = fewer drug dealers and users does not add up. Legalization expands availability and reduces negative stigma. Granted, legalization does equal more control over the “process” but Afghanistan is not the United States where we have an FDA, IRS, state regulatory agencies and a legal framework for enforcement and interdiction and the state and federal levels.
M Diotte, your argument is tragic not only for its ad hoc nature, but also for leading us down the primrose path of legalization. Unfortunately so many of the advocates of legalization simply want access to illegal drugs as opposed to actually wanting to reduce the effects of drug profits used to fund terrorism and/or criminal activity.