Quote Originally Posted by Tom Odom View Post
As Ken says, welcome to South Asia.
Yes, I agree too. I was quite dumbfounded that anyone with even a faint understanding of either the politics or geostrategic stakes thought this was remotely possible:

Inform President Karzai that he must stop protecting drug lords and narco-farmers or he will lose U.S. support.
Get tougher? Maybe. Probably. Withdraw all US support?