Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
Yes but denying them acces to drugmoney so they can buy arms is loco? Rather large budget for those solemnly swearing to be up to no good.
They need the drugmoney to pay for the war against us. Before we stormed in, they were effective suppressors of the opium economy. Lessen the pressure on them to keep up the arms race, strike up and maintain communication channels with them so we can reach some kind of mutually acceptable accommodations on political issues, then carry on a low intensity war in agreed areas where we won't inconvenience anyone else overmuch. They'll have someone to shoot at, but we're not going to significantly threaten them, so they're happy, while we can keep something of a lid on things, while having somewhere to practice making war, so we're happy. Keep this up long enough, and we can eventually cut out the Pakistani middleman, as the Talebani won't need them for support since we're no longer threatening them.