Simple logic - Prohibition funds terrorism

M. Simon at Power and Control unearthed this gem from a Instapundit post.

Like its '90s counterparts in Afghanistan and Algeria, the Saudi terror movement depends heavily on smuggling, especially of drugs such as heroin and hashish, as a source of revenue.

Because such drugs are specifically banned under Islamic law, the terror groups have used a fatwa by their late "spiritual guide" Abdallah al-Rashoud in which he provided an "exception." His argument was simple: Hard drugs represent a form of weaponry that the true Muslim is authorized to use against the "infidel" nation; the drugs will kill young people in the "infidel" West while providing money for the Islamist groups to buy arms with which to kill more "infidels."

As Simon points out the prohibition is supporting the terrorists and other criminal elements. Remove the black market, remove the profits, remove the funding for terrorists. How much easier could it be?