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I wonder if they use genetically modified IP protected Opium seeds in Afghanistan.
Now that would be cool.
Seriously though - sure, it's detrminetal to acquiring more support from Iraqis, atleast in so far as the issue gains traction over there. How could it not? I mean, we're essentially saying that if they want to grow food, they have to pay us for the right. In their own land.
The bigger issue is the one of IP-protected seeds everywhere. The problem is the cross-pollination of fields which are using non-IP-protected seeds - suddenly, that private crop produces seeds which are technically the IP property of someone else - through no fault or controlability of the field owner. You can't stop wind or bugs from crossing a road and turning your field into the genetic equivalent of your neighbors, the Monsanto farmers, field.
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