re: #8 Dark_Falcon

Neither will truly move into modernity until they have relatively honest government.

And how are poor people forced to depend on warlords and their drugs supposed to do that?

We could’ve, and we should’ve, given those farmers some other crop to make ends meet. Such as wheat or some other food that’s typically in demand. And help build the infrastructure to make it economically viable. That would’ve gone a long way to stabilize the country.

Not to mention, we didn’t have to go into Iraq in the first place.