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Electoral Dysfunction: U.S. Hands Out Viagra to Warloads to Win Allies in Afghanistan

After a long line of stories about the continued marriage of young girls (some below ten) and rape of women as a means of forced marriages, the United States government has found the perfect gift to win over Afghan warloads: Viagra. CIA and military officers are handing out Viagra to warlords to win them over to Uncle Sam.

The Washington Post describes one such scene with a chieftain in his 60s who is married to four younger woman. It appears that concepts of liberty and equal rights have had little impact on the man but four little blue pills was all he needed. After trying them out, he happily turned over information on insurgents.
Jamie Smith, a former CIA covert operator in Afghanistan and now chief executive of SCG International, explains “You’re trying to bridge a gap between people living in the 18th century and people coming in from the 21st century, so you look for those common things in the form of material aid that motivate people everywhere.” Sex with young girls is just the ticket.

Another official explained that “You didn’t hand it out to younger guys, but it could be a silver bullet to make connections to the older ones,” since they are often married to four younger women (the maximum allowed by Sharia law) and the pills “put them back in an authoritative position.” Putting aside what position they are in, it is an interesting program where soldiers and CIA officers passing out prescription drugs.

Since they are carrying these pills around in their pockets, it sounds like they are hardly sweating the details. The Viargra site explains why it is important to not use the drug without speaking with a doctor and starting at the right dosage — particularly if you are over sixty. For people 65 or older, the company recommends the lowest dose (25 mg). There is danger of loss of eyesight, hearing, and sudden drop of blood pressure. In the wrong hands, it could be fatal. What happens when one of these chieftains ends up dead in a hut with his teenage wife? Is the U.S. liable? Does the tribe remains loyal after the little blue pill killed the chieftain?

Under common law tort law, the soldiers would be subject to the standard of a reasonable physician since, if you hold yourself out as a distributor of prescription drugs, you are subject to the professional standard. I doubt many doctors carry around prescription drugs to hand out as party favors.

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