NAME YOUR PRICE: WE PAY FOR POPPIES

In response to the Dec. 3 editorial, "Return of the poppies," I propose a
new pledge of allegiance to anti-terrorism. Please bear in mind that only
last year we gave $43 million to the Afghan government (Taliban) to dispose
of poppy fields used to produced opiate-based products.

I suggest a flyer be "dropped" over Afghanistan:

"We are Americans. Collectively we are rich with cash and technology to
achieve a desired outcome. For you, the Afghan farmer, just submit how much
poppy product you think you could produce and we will send you all the cash
you would have received for that product on the world market. We are proud
to pay this ransom in advance because, well, we simply don't trust
ourselves to find solutions to our drug problems. Hence, our obscene prison
problem.

"Name your price, just please don't harm us, surely you must know we're
cowards by now!"

MIKE JAMES

Alvin Street