Comments on: Electoral Dysfunction: U.S. Hands Out Viagra to Warloads to Win Allies in Afghanistan http://jonathanturley.org/2008/12/26/electoral-dysfunction-us-hands-out-viagra-to-warloads-to-win-allies-in-afghanistan/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Mon, 28 May 2012 11:41:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: KlubFitness http://jonathanturley.org/2008/12/26/electoral-dysfunction-us-hands-out-viagra-to-warloads-to-win-allies-in-afghanistan/#comment-200773 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:36:07 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=6615#comment-200773 do you guys know any good virtual fitness clubs ?

]]> By: wakacje ukraina http://jonathanturley.org/2008/12/26/electoral-dysfunction-us-hands-out-viagra-to-warloads-to-win-allies-in-afghanistan/#comment-200726 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:41:20 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=6615#comment-200726 Good to know :) and hey….i wanne say thanks for the usefull knowledge.I just love it!.lol

]]> By: Joe G http://jonathanturley.org/2008/12/26/electoral-dysfunction-us-hands-out-viagra-to-warloads-to-win-allies-in-afghanistan/#comment-46163 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:22:28 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=6615#comment-46163 This is the perfect inroad to getting a handle on that Afghani opium trade.

Score one for the War on Drugs.

]]> By: Sam Thornton http://jonathanturley.org/2008/12/26/electoral-dysfunction-us-hands-out-viagra-to-warloads-to-win-allies-in-afghanistan/#comment-32345 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:18:20 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=6615#comment-32345 Sex-crazed guys with guns. At last, sanity in our foreign policy.

]]> By: rafflaw http://jonathanturley.org/2008/12/26/electoral-dysfunction-us-hands-out-viagra-to-warloads-to-win-allies-in-afghanistan/#comment-32306 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:06:38 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=6615#comment-32306 A woman can’t get contraceptives because the Bush Administration issues a rule allowing pharmacists to refuse to dispense the doctor prescribed contraceptive based on their religious beliefs, but it is ok to give Afghan warlords unprescribed pharmaceuticals. I am guessing that this was Cheney’s idea.

]]> By: Jill http://jonathanturley.org/2008/12/26/electoral-dysfunction-us-hands-out-viagra-to-warloads-to-win-allies-in-afghanistan/#comment-32276 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:16:03 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=6615#comment-32276 “…aging village patriarchs were easily sold on the utility of a pill that could “put them back in an authoritative position,” the official said.”

Wars are always fought on the backs of women and children. Rape is one tactic and this action is just one more way no one cares what happens to women and girls in this war. (Not that this govt. cares about any of the people–our soldiers or their civilians.)

It’s very clear that we have no idea what we are doing. We are making deals with little thought of long term consequences. The civilian population is scared of us, scared of the warlords and scared of the taliban. We rebuild little and protect civilians even less. Another big, Mission Accomplished to cheneybush. We’ve imported FEMA and “our democracy”.

]]> By: pardon me? http://jonathanturley.org/2008/12/26/electoral-dysfunction-us-hands-out-viagra-to-warloads-to-win-allies-in-afghanistan/#comment-32270 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:46:45 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=6615#comment-32270 Will they make love, not war, or have sex and create little warlords?

Molly Ivins wrote, “…the Pentagon will be spending $60 million a year to cover Viagra for soldiers, current and former…” http://www.creators.com/opinion/molly-ivins/molly-ivins-october-15-1998-10-15.html
and I thought that was astounding.

]]> By: Patty C http://jonathanturley.org/2008/12/26/electoral-dysfunction-us-hands-out-viagra-to-warloads-to-win-allies-in-afghanistan/#comment-32248 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:53:08 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=6615#comment-32248 I fell sorry for the young wives who were likely not consulted about ‘the little blue pills’ and quite happy with current state of affairs ie an old man who couldn’t get anywhere near them
- in any significant way… Yeeck!

]]> By: Former Federal LEO http://jonathanturley.org/2008/12/26/electoral-dysfunction-us-hands-out-viagra-to-warloads-to-win-allies-in-afghanistan/#comment-32237 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:26:54 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=6615#comment-32237 I have always heard that the Afghanistan people had a very hard life anyway and leave it up to us Americans to make it even harder for them…go figure, our hard-earned tax dollars at work medicating every old warlord to ensure their upstanding patriarchy over subservient slave girls.

]]> By: Brendan http://jonathanturley.org/2008/12/26/electoral-dysfunction-us-hands-out-viagra-to-warloads-to-win-allies-in-afghanistan/#comment-32220 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:47:09 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=6615#comment-32220 I’m surprisingly okay with this. Better to put the metaphorical lead back in their gun than actual guns I suppose. The rape and polygamy is repulsive, but considering we still have that same problem in our own country, it may be a century or two of cultural distance to far to cross. As for liability, this is an 18th Century society so under nisi prius what does Afghan tribal law have with regard to witch doctor malpractice? Judging from this story and the success of McDonald’s in the Soviet Bloc, LBJ probably should have skipped the hearts and minds and gone straight for the waistlines and libidos.

]]> By: rafflaw http://jonathanturley.org/2008/12/26/electoral-dysfunction-us-hands-out-viagra-to-warloads-to-win-allies-in-afghanistan/#comment-32215 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:22:15 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=6615#comment-32215 This is a remarkable story. This is how we are expecting to “win” the war in Afghanistan? This sounds more like a Karl Rove or a Rush Limbaugh strategy than a military strategy. I agree with Prof. Turley that there may be some liability for any of the possible side effects of this wonder drug. I did not realize that the government can hand out prescription drugs to its agents and its soldiers without a prescription. Wouldn’t the government have had to get a prescription for this supply of Viagara? Wouldn’t the authorities that obtained the Viagara be subject to criminal prosecution for handing it out to the soldiers and agents and under what pretenses did they get the drugs in the first place? Did George W. or Dick Cheney get any unprescribed doses? This is getting interesting. Does George want to go out with a bang? With Cheney’s heart problems he better be careful if he got his hands on these drugs.

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