Christopher Hitchens writes, for once, much that I agree with on the war on drugs. However I think it’s over-optimistic of him to hope that the entire policy will be scrapped just because it is bad for Afghanistan; he points out himself that it’s also bad for Bolivia, Colombia, and Mexico, and as far as I can tell that hasn’t caused the slightest blip on the political radar screen in Washington.
A truly shocking version of the English language and as a translation…