Afghanistan is pre-industrial. If we want to win hearts and minds, we should be building stuff…..power plants, water treatment, schools, roads. That would be money well spent in the long run. In the short run, we have to do something about the Taliban in Pakistan. They are “safe” there and will not go away until either the Pakistani government does something (which I highly doubt they will) or WE do something. Obama’s call to invade Pakistan was met with laughs and criticisms, but what else can we do? They will stay there and continue to attack across the border indefinitely. And, they will continue to grow in strength on the Pakistan side of the border too. Do we want a Nuclear Taliban-type government in control in Islamabad?