While I believe a “closed border will help, and is advisable, I do not believe a “closed border” will resolve all issues with the WOD. In the past 5-7 years, I’ve seen an explosion of heroin abuse among our young adults. It’s reached epidemic proportions. The heroin is coming from Afghanistan. Why? Because we are there. I’ll bet there are, in theory, more strict controls over what comes and goes from Afghanistan than with any “closed” border for a neighboring country.
This reason alone is sufficient for me to say that we need to leave Afghanistan. Now. Our presence there is subsidizing the drug trade.
Yep our boys are walking through poppy fields with orders not to touch.