Prince Charles Inspects His Mother's Poppy Fields in Helmand Afghanistan.

April 15, 2010 (LPAC)—On March 25-26, Prince Charles visited British troops in Afghanistan, becoming the most senior royal to visit British troops there. He received a briefing from Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. commander [editor confused whether it is "British" or "U.S." commander] of all foreign troops in the country. The Guardian reported that "during a two-day visit amid tight security, he was flown by Chinook helicopter to Lashkar Gar, capital of Helmand province, where he met local leaders, the Governor Gulab Mangal, and British soldiers at a patrol base surrounded by opium poppy and wheat fields (emphasis added)."

It was not reported where Prince Charles met McChrystal, for example, in a poppy field, a heroin laboratory, or on a carpet, where the Prince was sitting cross-legged socializing with the local governor. Associated Press reported that "the 61-year-old heir to the British throne said troops can keep themselves busy in the field, but for the relatives left behind, it's 'ghastly.'" However, the Prince did not identify what the troops were keeping themselves busy with.

The AP shamelessly, but ironically, reports: "Britain has lost 276 troops since the war began in 2001. British soldiers have mainly been tasked with battling the Taliban in Helmand, the center of Afghanistan's illegal narcotics trade that has financed the militant group."

AP added that "Prince Charles crisscrossed Helmand by helicopter, flying over the canals, poppy fields, and mud compounds that make up much of the district. He met with local leaders in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah, sitting crossed-legged on a cushion as he talked about the situation in Helmand."

It further revealed the setting where the British troops are keeping themselves busy: "At Patrol Base Pimon, nestled among the blooming pink poppy fields of Nad Ali, he met some of the 140 British troops holding the front line and was told by commanding officer Maj. Ian Lindsay-German: 'It's a lot more quiet out there now, but it hasn't been cleared fully' of insurgents."

However, clearing the fields of opium poppy is not on the agenda.

With this visit, the British are probably making it clear that Helmand might become the capital of what would be left of Afghanistan, when the catastrophic Obama Administration policy comes to a crushing defeat, and Kabul is abandoned to its fate in a sectarian and ethnically divided Afghanistan. Therefore, Helmand Province is of more interest for the British to keep quiet and "economically thriving" with the help of such American dupes as President Obama and General McChrystal. Helmand, whose Governor Mangal is being groomed by the British royals as a great tribal leader (as the British royals are themselves, oligarchical tribe leaders), is being portrayed as the stable and well-governed region of Afghanistan, unlike the "corrupt" President Karzai's Kabul.

THE BRUTISH EMPIRE.

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