10-11-2012, 02:45 PM
If I had been in charge, I'd have tried to co-opt the poppy crop; pay more than the local chieftains, sell opiates for medicine and science, and use the proceeds to build alliances and displace the Taliban in the mountains, building roads, schools, and bringing electricity to the villages
In the face of domestic politics, your suggestion is laughable. What kind of support do you expect would be offered to an administration that bolsters drug trafficking?
The aims were correct and laudable. The execution was often faulty...
Yet the current administration is "feckless."