Quote Originally Posted by JMA View Post

...So I would not spend a cent on agriculture in Afghanistan... in fact the next trick should be to destroy their irrigation system if they use continue to use them to cultivate poppies. Just give them the Gypsy's warning on that... and if they don't listen... then let the Engineers have a little fun with demolitions.
And that worked SO WELL for the Soviets when they tried it.

Equating poppy-cultivation to insurgency in Afghanistan is only one of the major mistakes we've made in that country.

But if you want to set the whole country afire, have fun.