Afghanistan ~ Drugs and the Taliban

Afghanistan is a hot spot for the Taliban, it’s the reason we are currently in a war over there.  However, the main funding for the Taliban comes from the opium they grow in Afghanistan.  They sell these drugs to private groups and other terrorist organizations.  This money then goes to fund their battle against our troops.  Currently the United States government is pursuing the possibility of intervening and spraying down the areas that grow the drugs with a chemical to kill them.  They did this same thing to an extent in Columbia South America.  The fact that drugs are funding the Taliban is an undisputed fact and needs to be addressed; however, is this route the one we should be taking on the issue?  To answer this question we need to look at what happened when we did this before in Columbia.  When we did begin the eradication attempts on Columbia, things went smoothly for a time, until we started noticing the aftereffects.  Several things happened, firstly allot of the Columbian economy was based on the illegal trade of the narcotics.  When we started killing the drugs their economy began to tumble causing economic crisis.  Secondly the farmers of the drugs simply either replanted in another unknown hidden location, or they moved to a different country.  This caused the drug crisis to proliferate.  So, if we apply what we have seen in Columbia to Afghanistan, it’s clear that there must be another better option for conquering the Taliban and the drugs they grow.