So either the NATO force is a complete farce or NATO is intentionally not doing anything to hamper poppy production.
I don't see how dropping herbicide on poppy crops will wipe out anything except the crops.
Two words: Agent Orange.
'Sides, you'll have to provide the farmer with something else to grow - and prevent the local warlords from killing him when he stops growing poppy - otherwise he'll just re-plant his field next year. Or starve to death. Or get killed by goons for not delivering his quota of poppy. That is not how you win hearts and minds.
- Jake Ceterum censeo Chicago esse delendam
Now I understand why the US military is present in every major drug center on earth.
