I’ve discovered from the Senlis Report that the western troops in Afghanistan are wasting their time. Not only are the Taliban creeping back, but our troops are dying for nothing—in fact over who controls the drug trade.
“Everyone in the Government is corrupt,” said a high-up Kabul source who feared for his life. The fight in Helmand province is all about who controls the drugs, Kabul or the Taliban. Western advisors are also disgusted at how narco-kleptocracy has extended its grip around President Karzai, a figure regarded by some as increasingly isolated by a cadre of corrupt officials—now fed false and distorted advise by corrupt officials. 
Instead of fighting to assert Western values, our soldiers are dying to protect the poppy trade for Kabul so they don’t go to the Taliban. DESTROY THE POPPY FIELDS AND YOU DESTROY THE TALIBAN. How stupid can NATO be. Has everyone gone simple minded?
