Via Brad Warbiany at the Liberty Papers.
Doug Bandow,David Rittgers, Cato@Liberty:
As I have said before, the quickest way to create an insurgent is to burn a man’s livelihood. This may be a competent counternarcotics tactic, but it is an epic failure as a counterinsurgency strategy. We can fight a war against the Taliban or we can fight the war on drugs, but we can’t do both in the same place at the same time.
UPDATE: It has been brought to my attention that I attributed this quote to the wrong Cato scholar. I apologize for the error.
Russell Saunders 
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Mark,
Thanks for the link… Just want to clarify (for attribution purposes) that I’m quoting Doug Bandow, and that the above quote is not mine directly (although obviously, quoting it approvingly, I do agree).
Thanks!
Anytime, Brad! I was aware that the quote was Bandow’s, but my post formatted differently than I expected.
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