Me, I’d stop trying whack-a-mole in Afghanistan. Going after the few and far in between Al-Qa’ida in Afghanistan produces far more civilian casualties (and thereby exponentially increasing enemies by turning grieving relatives into insurgents or Taliban supporters). Instead pour the billions spent on military hardware into rebuilding infrastructure projects channelled through grassroots leaders, bypassing warlords and the Talib drug traders by encouraging alternative crops and/or legalising poppy/heroin production (why not try the EU & US route of subsidising their farmers? If it “works” for us, it should work for them). Provide security to the communities instead of terrorising them. Man, that was easy! Who’s next, Somalia, Burma?… pfft, nah, I think the Palestinian dispute!
Or continue with the current route, it, er, seems to be working well. :-|
Me, I’d stop trying whack-a-mole in Afghanistan. Going after the few and far in between Al-Qa’ida in Afghanistan produces far more civilian casualties (and thereby exponentially increasing enemies by turning grieving relatives into insurgents or Taliban supporters). Instead pour the billions spent on military hardware into rebuilding infrastructure projects channelled through grassroots leaders, bypassing warlords and the Talib drug traders by encouraging alternative crops and/or legalising poppy/heroin production (why not try the EU & US route of subsidising their farmers? If it “works” for us, it should work for them). Provide security to the communities instead of terrorising them. Man, that was easy! Who’s next, Somalia, Burma?… pfft, nah, I think the Palestinian dispute!
Or continue with the current route, it, er, seems to be working well. :-|