Step 1. Destroy the poppy fields, poppy processing facilities and all transportation infrastructure associated with said facilities.
Step 2. Salt the earth.
Step 3. Leave.
Stratergy!
> Step 1. Destroy the poppy fields, poppy processing facilities and all transportation infrastructure associated with said facilities.
The Taliban had already done that. Until the US arrived and began an unprecedented boom era in Afghan poppy growth, setting records year after year after year.
So I gotta ask: Are we in Afghanistan to protect Deep State heroin smuggling operations? Is that the ultimate purpose here? It sure as hell makes more sense than any official explanation.