Last evening, my home was desecrated by psychopathic hard-drug addicts demanding money from my son who has sadly fallen into the lost world of heroin. The police were quick to respond to my call for aid, but, as ever, the perpetrators had fled and my son would rather die than press charges against these urban terrorists for fear of reprisals.
We have seen this pattern for long enough - the North of Ireland is ruled by gangsters and thugs whilst the authorities stand helpless against the fear and intimidation instilled in the population.
Here in England, we see another threat in the guise of the heroin terrorists.
If civil law is ineffective against such activities, can the Terrorism Act not be applied? For terrorism is exactly what the drug thugs are guilty of.
This is a largely covert threat to Society - no-one knows about it until it happens to them or their children. The Government would rather the general populace remained unaware of this menace - in no small part because recent UK government foreign policy has exacerbated the whole problem of hard drugs in this country. Here's how...
Let's go swinging on the coat-tails of George B and his cohorts into Afghanistan; let's bring down the evil Taliban as we sweep our way eastward to seize natural resources and the land to pipe them through...
Let's use the excuse that the wicked Taliban oppress women, and er...other nasty stuff.
Hooray-we brought down the Afghan government inside a week! We used every crook, murderer and slimeball available from mercenary warlords to do the dirty work whilst B52 bombers destroyed the countryside and sowed the poor earth with a vast crop of new cluster munitions which caring organisations had been trying for years to clear. Heartbreak for groups such as Vietnam Veterans Against Landmines and for the people who worked for the late Diana Spencer's dream of a landmine-free world...
But women can wear make-up now - and people can watch tv amidst the ruins of their homes! Marvellous: well worth three thousand Afghan dead...
But the gravely sinister repercussions of the brutal destruction in Afghanistan are now being felt on the streets of England: the Heroin trade is blossoming in the hills of Afghanistan. The Taliban regime cut heroin production significantly - but now the Warlords backed by the West want their pay off. And sure - you guys can grow all the shit you want. We'll make sure you're not disturbed and we'll even have our gallant "Special Forces" protect you whilst you go about your business.
So the Heroin Plague stalks the streets of the West with no sign of lessening. But hey, our courageous allies in the war on the evil Taliban have to have someplace to sell their wares and to make their money as part of the deal for toppling the Taliban...
Thanks, George. And Tony-I hope your kids never get a taste for the powders of death flooding out of "liberated" Afghanistan...
Posted by the_esp
at 5:44 PM GMT
Updated: Friday, 26 March 2004 6:36 PM GMT