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Does anyone else think it would be easier and less bloody to just get the Taliban addicted to heroine and subsidize their cost of living?
by thelogos 13y ago
Does anyone else think it would be easier and less bloody to just get the Taliban addicted to heroine and subsidize their cost of living?
- rdl 13y agoThe Taliban were actually pretty hardcore counter-narcotics in the late 1990s, with western support. They only partnered with the narcotics industry after 9/11 when fighting the US.
- VLM 13y agoI've heard this semi-seriously described as the "Turn Them Into Detroit" strategy, and arguably this is the long term strategy we've selected although in an unspoken manner. Follow the money. I'm talking long term as in over decades of occupation not long term as in next financial quarter. I've also seen the same argument in reverse, if we cut back on social service payments, as seems economically inevitable in the long term, our own inner cities will rapidly look much like Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, etc. So if you want to see a realistic projection of "Detroit 2030", just look at "Somalia 2013".