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Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling

By TChris, Section Misconduct
Posted on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 10:02:16 AM EST
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This is what happens when the United States sends troops to Columbia to help fight its unwinnable war on drugs:

Five American soldiers have been arrested for trying to smuggle hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cocaine into the United States on a U.S. military aircraft, the U.S. military said. The five unidentified Army personnel were detained on Tuesday and are being held in the United States for "allegedly trying to transport approximately 16 kilograms (35 lb) of cocaine," U.S. Southern Command said in a news release late on Thursday.

This isn't the first time that the military's drug warriors have taken advantage of their easy access to drugs.

The wife of a U.S. Army officer who headed anti-drug operations in Colombia was sentenced to five years in prison in 2000 for trying to mail $700,000 worth of heroin to New York. Her husband admitted he knew she was laundering drug proceeds and was sentenced to five months, angering Colombian legal officials who complained this was too lenient.

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    • Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling | 14 comments (14 topical)
    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 10:17:49 AM EST
    Obviously, they didn't get the ONDCP message about using (and, a fortiori trafficking in) narcotics being equivalent to engaging in terrorism. Or, maybe, they are just terrorists.

    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 10:26:24 AM EST
    All the girlfriends/wives of drug users/dealers who are doing 10-life for being dumb enough to get involved while their boyfriends pled out by turning in the higher targets should be thrilled at these new sentencing guidelines!!!

    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 10:42:24 AM EST
    If I am correct, the war on drugs was began by Nixon. Don't you agree it's time to win by Legalizing it. Have we not learned from prohibition?

    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 11:49:34 AM EST
    Col O mbia is a country. Columbia is a movie studio or a river.

    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#5)
    by kdog on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 12:14:23 PM EST
    If drugs could talk they would have declared victory in this "war" years ago.

    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 12:33:00 PM EST
    LOL - your drugs don't talk to you, kdog? You must have given up on the purple microdot some time ago!

    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 12:33:24 PM EST
    I guess war on drugs has to be better than war sober...

    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 01:02:51 PM EST
    I used to have a buddy who flew hellicopters for the Texas National Gaurd for a while. They'd do the spotting for the big pot sweeps and then pick up samples to take back to the lab. He had pictures of his whole crew with huge dank buds hanging off of their flight gear. Every time they'd drop some away from the base where they'd go pick it up later.

    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 01:15:23 PM EST
    I guess war on drugs has to be better than war sober...
    BEST LINE OF THE WEEK!

    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 06:31:21 PM EST
    Am I insane?, did this read The Wife of an U.S.Army officer headed a anti-drug Operations in colombia and was only sentenced to five yrs?, in my day usual it was the Officers who were doing that! most never got a day in any prison. but yes this is normal in much of our government, many people have been killed doing deals in mexico and all over the world. just remember the FBI Said it knowns of billions and billions of dollars being Launded in u.s bank's each day. Was she a colombian? civilian? she need life in a colombian prison. come to think of it if she is in prison in that part of the world 5 yrs, is life.

    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Fri Apr 01, 2005 at 09:13:12 PM EST
    I can't figure out why we can't win this war on drugs.

    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#12)
    by Johnny on Sat Apr 02, 2005 at 01:45:27 PM EST
    Because it would impact a huge part of our economy. In a military-industrial complex type nation, you have to be constantly fighting wars in order to continue churning out weapons. So, they throw a bone or two at the treatment crowd, and strafe villagers in colOmbia. P.S. mfox, we used to call them "bluedots", and yes, everything would talk after one of those ;)

    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#13)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Apr 03, 2005 at 10:27:07 AM EST
    Johnny - Weapons building is not good for the economy because, most of all, the only market is the governemnt. So please, do some studying on economics in general. et al - These people get involved with the drug traffic for the same reason kids in south central LA get involved. They make almost nothing. They see people making large sums of money.

    Re: Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling (none / 0) (#14)
    by Johnny on Sun Apr 03, 2005 at 11:25:48 AM EST
    Jim Jim Jim... How much money does the government pay into the economy, both locally and worldwide to purchase these weapons? they are not made by Santa Claus and his happy elves. They are made by Americans who are paid in dollars which they then spend on food and drink and cars which are made by other persons getting paid in dollars. The military-industrial complex is huge in this country Jim. Billions upon billions of dollars. It exists to serve itself, and it's collapse would be drastic. Ending the drug war would put a lot of people out of jobs. Jim, economics is easy-make a product, sell a product, pocket the difference between production cost and selling cost. If there was not huge money in the manufacturing of the machinery of war, no-one would be doing it.

    Anti-Drug Soldiers Busted For Drug Smuggling | 14 comments (14 topical)