Comments on: CIA Helped Shoot Down 15 Civilian Planes

Report Points To Cover-Up Of '90s Anti-Drug Program; Criminal Charges Possible

[middleman8]

More of the same, same.
USA blaming everyone else for their drug problem
Is it no wonder the world hates the USA.

[culturechang]

There is some good govt for you. And do you know when this kind of thing will stop? Never.....as long as we have secretive and unaccountable organizations like the CIA.

[ford555551]

If you guys (Republicans) are so patriotic that you claim 24/7 then stop using drugs. No drugs will flow into this country if there is no demand. Rush Limbaugh got caught using drugs.

[swingset4u]

U.S. officials may have misled Congress and withheld information from the Justice Department.

So whatelse is new???

[dangyankee69]

Another Black Eye for the Good ole U.S. of A. What''s Chavez got to say about this one? Once again the Ollie North types have given our enemies more evidence that the horrible things they say about U.S. are true.

[slim1h2o]

Or could it be the rampant drug use is what CAUSED us to reach our zenith and start downhill?

Posted by txgrouch2008 at 09:22 AM : Dec 12, 2008

Maybe, but probably not though.

[digimedia-2009]

more info on CIA shooting planes:
http://www.70news.com/2008/12/12/cia-helped-shoot-down-15-planes/

[Razzl]

This is the nightmare of abuse of power--you can rail like a redneck against drug runners and say "shoot ''em all down!" until one day a plane carrying your innocent relatives back from vacation or study gets shot down, when you come to realize that the perps hide behind that public mentality and nobody will do anything to bring on justice or stop it from happening. Democrats in Congress and academics in the political science depts. need to stop worrying about whether prosecuting Bush officials will create some kind of division among the public (it won''t), and start worrying about how to throw fear into the hearts of these corrupt *** in the future by showing them the threat of long jail time for their misdeeds...

[biblethumpar]

this is nothing new...
the CIA Helped Luis Posada Carilles Blow up a much bigger plane wiht 73 people on board.

[pirmin3]

Shoot first and ask questions later. The Bush doctrine for the world. WMD''s, drugs? What, me worry??

[slim1h2o]

And continue its downward spiral to oblivion.... or to Bolivia, however which way you''d like to look at it.

[slim1h2o]

as long as there are americans, there will be drug dealers and drug addicts.

Posted by andrew_693 at 02:37 AM : Dec 12, 2008

I think you mean, as long as America is the country that it is, we''ll have drug users to help cope with the reality that America has reached its zenith.

And continue its downward spiral to oblivion....

[eclecticman1]

One shooting down without warning or being given a chance to land would be a mistake. But what would you call 15?

[idnnsg]

"Old poet, you live in a dream world. The only way to stop the export it is to QUIT USING THE DRUGS. So instead of blaming other countries, why don''t you tell your kids to stop buying the poison. The growers will dissapear once demand is eliminated." - blitzder

Blitzder is also living is a dream world. Telling your kids to stop buying drugs will not eliminate the demand for drugs. You''re right about the need to eliminate the demand for drugs, but you are completely wrong about how to do it.

[piercetheval]

....everyone knos that the CIA is the biggest ''player'' in the drug game south of the border...and they don''t like competition!

[piercetheval]

This story is propagana.
The CIA shot down the ones who did not pay the lady.


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Posted by republic76 at 04:30 AM : Dec 12, 2008
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As long as the CIA is allowed to conduct its own investigation, the outcome will be one that exonerates the CIA. When a branch of the government is allowed to investigate itself the results are predictable and the CIA knows this.


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Posted by mtee12 at 03:48 AM : Dec 12, 2008


....Bingo Me Bucks...that''s telling it like it is!

[likenoone-2009]

You think this is new hahahahahaha

[blitzder]

The only way to win the ''''drug war'''' is to help develope economies in those third world countries so they won''''t grow and export the drugs!..Posted by oldpoet at 01:28 AM : Dec 12, 2008


Old poet, you live in a dream world. The only way to stop the export it is to QUIT USING THE DRUGS. So instead of blaming other countries, why don''t you tell your kids to stop buying the poison. The growers will dissapear once demand is eliminated. Blame everyone but yourself. That is the users mantra. STUPID.

[andrew_693]

as long as there are americans, there will be drug dealers and drug addicts.

[oldpoet-2009]

Lets not make the mistake of concluding that because the CIA made mistakes that the campaign against illegal drugs should be stopped. We just need to put more competent people in charge of this important mission.

Posted by lady54

lady54 - Your argument is far too rational for most posters on this board.

Posted by rhs648
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So we should get more competent people who will make sure that in the future all aircraft will crash in the jungle so we can''t find out their not smuggling drugs?

Get real. We lost the ''drug war'' while Reagan was president. The only way to win the ''drug war'' is to help develope economies in those third world countries so they won''t grow and export the drugs! It''s the same reason we''ll never win in Afghanistan until we help them move away from poppy growing in the regions where the Taliban hold sway.