Afghanistan:Vietnam a comparison.


	Afghanistan:Vietnam a comparison.

beanz

9-10-2009 4:56 AM

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9-10-2009 10:20 AM

tabsey

Interesting that Vietnam was as much about Coke as arms dealers using up old stock, and this is about a poppy crop. And arms dealers rotating stock.

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