It’s not like those people can just get a job at the local 7-11 if we cut out their current line of work.
So how will starving them to death accomplish our mission in Afghanistan?
The simple truth is it can’t and it won’t. Much as I can’t stand friggin’ hajis or anything about them, it’s their turf, it’s their country, and they’re gonna have to live with what we leave them. If we leave them nothing, it’s only a matter of time until they hit us again, only this time with many more devout followers.
We have to think harder than “just starve them to death.”
I don’t think so. When they are death, because they chose to starve to death, they are no longer a problem. Draining the swamp, like tax cuts, works every time.