1- The Taliban were the ones who came out on top when the various factions that managed to throw out the Soviets got done fighting each other.
2- The primary cash crop is opium, with hashish being secondary.
3- People will gravitate to anyone (Taliban in this case) who is fighting an occupying power, Afghans are no exception, and they have plenty of practice.
4- any policy that fails to take 1-3 above into account is doomed to fail.
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I thought the war was about the elites selling their planes, trains and bullets and who is going to sell the dope.
ReplyDeleteIt appears to me that Obama is ok with what ever his handlers tell him to do even if it makes him look bad. The attention span of the public is only a few hours anyway. And besides, history can be written by who ever is in charge.