The following is a letter to Americans from an Afghan farmer who appeared briefly in the new Frontline documentary "Obama's War", which he viewed online.
Excerpt:
On Frontline, Marine Captain Eric Meador recalls conversations we had: "I was asked point blank by some of the locals that are farmers, 'Hey, what are you going to do about my drugs? Because that's the way I make my money. That's the way I make my living. That's the way I feed my family.' "
The Captain never gives his answer -- soon there's incoming fire from an unseen gunman which the narrator calls "The Taliban". (I think it was actually my neighbor.)
But the narrator is clear: "for now the Marines turn a blind eye -- it's a matter of priorities."It's not like my neighbors need to see Frontline to understand: If "the Taliban" and "the insurgency" weren't here every day shooting at Americans and blowing up their trucks, Americans would be burning our crops -- even more aggressively than they burn tons of American growers' crops each year in the War on Drugs that President Obama has vowed to rename.
Full letter, below the fold.
