subject: Russia is manipulating with anti-drug rhetoric to get the US and NATO bogged down in Afghanistan [print this page] There is a little doubt that Russia's demands from the US and NATO for tougher actions against opium cultivation in Afghanistan is part of that game. The more coalition forces get involved in "war on drugs", the more they will be bogged down in Afghan quagmire. That will eventually bring to increased reliance of the US and NATO on Russian supply routes. The more reliance on Russia, in its turn, means the more concessions to its imperial ambitions.
Russia is manipulating with anti-drug rhetoric to get the US and NATO bogged down in Afghanistan
