Win one war, lose another. Our government gave the Taliban $43 million last year to halt the harvesting of poppy plants in Afghanistan, since Afghan poppies yield 72% of the world's heroin and opium supply. (Do you actually think the Taliban used that money as we "intended" them to?) Now that the Taliban have fled Afghanistan screaming like... well, fleeing Taliban, poppy farmers are gearing up production again, which will presumably increase the world's supplies of those drugs.

Poppies are relatively easy to grow and harvest, and since they're used for these expensive drugs (not to mention bagels!), the crops are worth a decent amount of money, which allows Afghanis to get back on their feet monetarily. However, as far as I know, no one's declared the also-vague War on Drugs to be over, so after we clear out the Afghan government, then our Fearless Moron-in-Charge will probably also decide that our troops are going to have to clear the farmers' cash crops out too -- leaving them relatively destitute unless they can come up with some other way to support themselves and their families.

This would probably make more sense and be in my usual rant-style were my head not pounding, but it's the best I can do at the moment. Anyone know how high our lovely president's approval rating is at this point in time?