"thunder" wrote in message
news

On Wed, 19 May 2004 13:12:35 +0000, Doug Kanter wrote:
"Zing" wrote in message
...
Stupid is as stupid does. Afghanistan is successful thus far. The
economy
is
coming back.
What??? Where did you hear that? And, in your own words, please describe
"the economy" of Afghanistan with a little bit of detail.
Well, the opium crop is doing quite well. I check the following link
periodically, and the situation has seemed to settle a little, but it is
still *far* from a success.
http://afghanistannews.net/
I was wondering if zing could say with a straight face that the economy's
doing well, when it's based on a drug which our gov't would stamp out
completely if it could.