Comments on: Poppies and Pomegranates http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/2009/02/poppies-and-pomegranates/ Advocating change in a globalized world Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:31:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Brother Tim http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/2009/02/poppies-and-pomegranates/#comment-31815 Brother Tim Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:24:53 +0000 http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/?p=597#comment-31815 Wil-- I've got something at my place for you, my friend. :) Wil– I’ve got something at my place for you, my friend. :)

]]> By: janelle http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/2009/02/poppies-and-pomegranates/#comment-31812 janelle Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:20:12 +0000 http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/?p=597#comment-31812 hello wil. sorry just found your comment about lake victoria. just in case you never went back to see if i had answered...i said: if you can deal with grizzlies you can deal with almost anything here.if you are in a tent and zipped up, you're fine. sutpid wild things eh? a thin rippable canvas is all it takes. if you are in a national park. if you are outside...well, its the people you've got to watch out for...and that;s something else entirely. watch out for crocs and hippos too...hazardous...but as i said. everything pales into insignificance when it comes to grizzlies....waaah. x j hello wil. sorry just found your comment about lake victoria. just in case you never went back to see if i had answered…i said:
if you can deal with grizzlies you can deal with almost anything here.if you are in a tent and zipped up, you’re fine. sutpid wild things eh? a thin rippable canvas is all it takes. if you are in a national park. if you are outside…well, its the people you’ve got to watch out for…and that;s something else entirely. watch out for crocs and hippos too…hazardous…but as i said. everything pales into insignificance when it comes to grizzlies….waaah. x j

]]> By: Brother Tim http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/2009/02/poppies-and-pomegranates/#comment-31804 Brother Tim Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:20:29 +0000 http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/?p=597#comment-31804 Thanks for the kind words, Wil. I don't know if you saw this, but it is a brief description of what kept me out of the loop. http://ofrevelation.blogspot.com/2009/02/back-in-fray.html Thanks for the kind words, Wil. I don’t know if you saw this, but it is a brief description of what kept me out of the loop.

http://ofrevelation.blogspot.com/2009/02/back-in-fray.html

]]> By: Wil Robinson http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/2009/02/poppies-and-pomegranates/#comment-31803 Wil Robinson Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:20:17 +0000 http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/?p=597#comment-31803 Elyas-- I think the prices are comparable - pomegranates might even be a little higher - I can't remember what I read, but figures were really all over the place. No doubt it can help...but will it while we are still bombing villages? It seems to me that the airstrikes in Iraq pretty much stopped when the surge started - it could be critical part of why Iraq is looking better. You just can't fight an insurgency - no matter what - when you're dropping bombs. Period. Elyas–

I think the prices are comparable - pomegranates might even be a little higher - I can’t remember what I read, but figures were really all over the place.

No doubt it can help…but will it while we are still bombing villages?

It seems to me that the airstrikes in Iraq pretty much stopped when the surge started - it could be critical part of why Iraq is looking better.

You just can’t fight an insurgency - no matter what - when you’re dropping bombs. Period.

]]> By: The Moderate Voice http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/2009/02/poppies-and-pomegranates/#comment-31802 The Moderate Voice Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:35:33 +0000 http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/?p=597#comment-31802 <strong>Pomegranates for Poppies...</strong> Wil Robinson has an interesting report on a new effort to convince Afghan farmers to switch from growing opium poppies to pomegranates to export to world markets. The man spearheading the effort thinks that, not only does Afghanistan produce “bes... Pomegranates for Poppies…

Wil Robinson has an interesting report on a new effort to convince Afghan farmers to switch from growing opium poppies to pomegranates to export to world markets. The man spearheading the effort thinks that, not only does Afghanistan produce “bes…

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