I believe this article sheds bright light on the reason Afghanistan has been such a problem for invading countries.I have read somewhere that a top official in the U.S. government has said that the current drug policy in Afghanistan is not working. Apparently we have been attempting to mechanically destroy the opium crops and are proposing herbicide spraying (which has since been struck down by the Afghan government).
It has been suggested that the opium market in Afghanistan be opened up for companies who purchase the raw material legally for medicinal use. This would certainly put an end to all the problems because there is a shortage of raw opium in the legal market. The results would not only provide Afghan farmers with a stable, legal market for their crops, but it would also lower the cost of prescription drugs that contain opiates worldwide. This solution has also met stiff-opposition from the cartel-controlled Afghan Government.
I suspect, however, that there is a greater force at work here. When man-made solutions no longer are making sense we must look to the spiritual realm for answers. I believe that the only hope for Afghanistan is fervent prayer.
Pray for the spiritual forces of wickedness that rule this land to be broken. Pray for the gospel to penetrate and the hearts and minds of the people to be freed from bondage. Pray for Jesus to crash into Afghanistan and blow the doors off the whole thing.
We are at war. The U.S. government is proposing further escalation of the conflict in Afghanistan. More American sons and daughters are going to be put in harms way. They will be fighting against an enemy who is financed by heroin users around the globe. We are constantly reminded to pray for our troops. I tell you, God is bigger than that!
The same God that can protect a person from a bullet can change the status quo of a nation so the soldiers don't have to die there in the first place.
Let's make prayer our exit-strategy.
BTJ
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