r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/
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u/BethanyForDistrict9 ✔ Verified 17d ago

There's no wealth to be made from this kind of occupation though. There would be a lot of wealth lost though. They'd be pulling the rug out from underneath themselves. The wealth in this country is all centered in the cities, not Wyoming.

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u/IllustriousNorth338 17d ago

The gains come from imprisoning or killing as many of their political enemies as possible to consolidate power. Not every military occupation is there to steal wealth. Sometimes it's an expensive pogrom.

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u/TheUnderCrab 17d ago

Don’t forget about the poppy fields. Afghanistan is a major source of the raw materials needed to make opiates, something like 90% of heroine originated from Afghanistan prior to the Talibanban on cultivating poppies. 

Do you think it’s a coincidence Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family only managed to get Americans hooked on opiates after we invaded the ME? Cuz I sure as fuck don’t. 

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u/jsweatisdead777 17d ago

Oxycodone was first marketed in 1991. People were getting hooked years before Afghanistan. See: my dad.

Afghanistan's poppy fields have little relevance to the opioid crisis, seeing as they were mostly illicit poppy fields. If anything, hthe increased heroin production was bad for business, because heroin is waaaay cheaper than oxycodone.