Afghan Army getting stoned before patrol. Video

[Dr.Phool]

Afghan National Police: Pot Before Patrol
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By Steve Clemons - July 26, 2010, 7:29PM

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division recorded this clip of Afghan National Police puffing on a marijuana pipe before going out on patrol.

In an interview with Al Jazeera correspondent Clayton Swisher, US soldiers don't feel as threatened by the drug-dazed ANP but find them "silly" and have a hard time getting them to be quiet and to focus.

This is the group that President Karzai says will be able to take over full responsibilities for security from ISAF soldiers by 2014.

These are also the units that Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin has reported so much progress in US-led ISAF training and partnering programs. My respectful difference with Senator Levin is that the Afghan military and police drug use Swisher reports on is not anomalous and more the norm.

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/26/afghan_national_police_pot_before_patrol/?ref=fpblg
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Yeah, they're ready to take over all right

[MineralMan]

1. Well, it's a good thing that US soldiers have never gotten stoned

before going on patrol, huh? Yes, indeed. Oh...wait...uh...never mind.

[DavidDvorkin]

2. I thought this had to do with active expressions of disapproval from Afghan civilians.

[midnight]

3. Good. Now let's come home and let these people do what they do.

[Tutankhamun]

4. It's not going to make much difference if they smoke weed.

[Mopar151]

5. The bastids don't share.....

And we piss-test our troops to ensure that they are moral enough to be shot at.

[cartach]

6. Should be just fucking

hilarious while out on patrol, Afghans and Americans giggling at each other. Next thing you know the Taliban will join the party. The only thing believable is that the Americans are having a hell of a time trying to act serious while meanwhile they're just as stoned. The writer is pretty naive to think the Americans are clean and sober based on their track record,it's like the pot calling the kettle black. And that American soldier who took the video is just a big snitch.