Treason is as treason does...

There have been over the years many accusations that our government has been complicit in the global drug trade. But not very often has there been photographic evidence. A few days ago the Wall Street Journal ran a piece regarding the Taliban's foreign support and how it vexes the U.S. government. It reports that the Taliban gets as much money from foreign donors as it receives from the opium trade, suggesting such an arrangement makes Obama's effort to rehabilitate the Taliban soley through eradicating the opium trade all the more difficult. But I digress.

That Wall Street Journal article included a photo. In the photo there are two American combat soldiers standing idly by as an Afghani farmer harvests the opium that hits our streets as heroin. I found that photo chilling. So much so that I rushed to reread our Constitution's succinct definition of treason. And if those two American soldiers are not providing some form of Aid and Comfort to that enterprise, I would certainly appreciate hearing differently from President Obama and Defense Secretary Gates. Vexing, indeed...

Stay healthy and high when it helps