Afghanistan set to have record opium crop - Rush Limbaugh squeals with delight

Afghanistan set to have record opium crop

"Afghanistan is set to produce its largest ever opium crop, with the biggest increase in Helmand province where British troops are engaged in bitter combat with the Taliban, western officials said. The $1bn campaign to eradicate the crop has been 'an absolute disaster', a top western counter-narcotics official said."

But the tried-and-true CIA funding source of illicit drugs is still strong, this blogger said.