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Bush Can't See the Forest for the Trees

When it comes to the drug war, Bush can't see the forest for the trees.

While he touts the U.S. success in Afghanistan, today in a speech:

[he] included the country on his list of major drug-producing nations and said its U.S.-backed president, Hamid Karzai, lacked the capacity to solve the problem.....Officials with the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Afghanistan have warned that militants were financing their guerrilla war by drug running. Afghan opium, which spawns the lion's share of the West's heroin, accounts for about one third of the country's economy, Afghanistan's Central Bank governor said on Wednesday.

No big deal. Here's his real concern:

Bush cited "continuing concerns" about the flow of drugs from Canada. White House spokesman Scott McClellan quoted Bush as saying that he was "concerned" legislation in Canada to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana "could be an invitation to greater activity by organized crime and can undermine law enforcement and prosecutorial efforts."

And then he just makes stuff up.

While North Korea was not among the countries found to be major drug producers or transit points, it was harshly criticized by Bush, who said he was increasingly convinced that state agents and companies were involved in the drug trade. Bush expressed "deep concerns about heroin and methamphetamine linked to North Korea being trafficked to East Asian countries."

This is your President. This is your President on.....[fill in the blank]

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