WEBVTT - Quick Fix 2 | It's Not Gonna Make a Difference

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Greg Gloudy, English and this is a War on

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<v Speaker 1>drugs quick fix? Man. How you doing, Clayton, I'm good Man,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm good. Okay, So Clayton, we you know, we have

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<v Speaker 1>some amazing guests and sometimes you just can't fit everything

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<v Speaker 1>into the episode that we're doing. But yeah, so this

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<v Speaker 1>is almost like the bonus feature the director's cut um aspect,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't want to give much to it because

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<v Speaker 1>this is from the Eric sterling Um interview that we did,

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<v Speaker 1>and he tells this amazing story about a trip, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>down to South American and Colombia and how politicians kind

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<v Speaker 1>of use the war on drugs for political gain and

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<v Speaker 1>kind of what some of these almost photo ops kind

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<v Speaker 1>of look like and where a lot of this comes from.

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<v Speaker 1>Because not only can the War on drugs be profitable financially,

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<v Speaker 1>but from a political gain as well. I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty obvious that you can go back and say I'm

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<v Speaker 1>being tough and war on drugs definitely is a good

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<v Speaker 1>campaign for whoever. I mean it it's for a shriff

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever. You're gonna roll out that table with the

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<v Speaker 1>two German shepherds and they're gonna put on everything that

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<v Speaker 1>they found and just you know, and act like they're

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<v Speaker 1>doing something. When I went with the Select Committee on

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<v Speaker 1>Narcotics on a on a fact finding mission to South

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<v Speaker 1>America and we're meeting with the top government officials to

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<v Speaker 1>encourage them to do more to fight quote the War

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<v Speaker 1>on drugs, and to find out what more left they're doing.

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<v Speaker 1>And in Peru, the Chairman and I have flown in

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<v Speaker 1>in this proving aircraft into the jungle of the Amazon

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<v Speaker 1>Watershed where we're seeing cocoa being grown and coca being

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<v Speaker 1>chopped down, but with taxpayer money. And we have seen

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<v Speaker 1>all this cope. We're seeing it being chopped down. We

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<v Speaker 1>knew how it was supposed to be eradicated, but they

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<v Speaker 1>were chopping down with machetes these old, crummy coca bushes

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<v Speaker 1>that were a pair their viability, and then spraying the

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<v Speaker 1>herbicide on the ground around the route. They were killing

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<v Speaker 1>the weeds that were going to interfere with the cultivation

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<v Speaker 1>of the coca. They were in effect pruning coca bushes

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<v Speaker 1>and improving their viability using US tax dollars in front

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<v Speaker 1>of members of Congress, thinking we wouldn't know what's going on.

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<v Speaker 1>The congressman who represented Ocean City, New Jersey, turns to

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<v Speaker 1>me and he says, now I understand the meaning of

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<v Speaker 1>the term pissing into the wind. We here we you

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<v Speaker 1>realize when you're flying in a helicopter in Colombia to

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<v Speaker 1>sort of see the Colombian military chopping down marijuana plants

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<v Speaker 1>with machetes and asked plantation after plantation in the helicopter

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<v Speaker 1>US No, no way, this is this is this whole

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<v Speaker 1>strategy is not going to succeed. There's no economic sense

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<v Speaker 1>to it. You know, there's it's it's a boon doggle.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a campaign. You know, how do I get elected?

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<v Speaker 1>How do I sound tough? You know, we would send

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<v Speaker 1>these message. You know, you'd hear members of Congress give

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<v Speaker 1>these speeches on or sending a message to the dope

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<v Speaker 1>dealing scum. We're not gonna take it. The message they're

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<v Speaker 1>really trying to send is, hey, voters, I'm protecting your children.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing something that you want to have done. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna do It's not gonna make a damn bit

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<v Speaker 1>of difference, But I hope you get the message. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking like I'm doing something. I'm sounding like I'm

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<v Speaker 1>doing something. I'm Clayton English and I'm Greg Glad and

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<v Speaker 1>this has been a war on drugs. Quick Fix, thanks

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<v Speaker 1>again for listen