Sooner or later, the Americans are going to have to swollow their stubborn pride and realize that in order to win the Afghanistan war they have to tackle the reality of the drug issue.

Take over the crops– divert them from going to illegal drug markets into the legal pharmaceutical markets (morphine, etc). Take away their money, give the farmers a better buyer.

The one problem I’ve always encountered with the Bush admin’s strategy is this ignorance of all other forms of the conflict. They can win militarily, but they are slow at figuring out how to win socially, economically and politically.