It’s an idea. Gets to the root of the difficulty. If only Afghanistan had some resources – any resources – we could plunder, I suspect there would be more interest. But they don’t (unless the poppy-ethanol thing works or the Pet Rock comes back – rocks are what they have the most of) so there isn’t any. It’s a puzzlement.

If only they could find another use for poppies.

Say, can poppies be used for ethanol? Hmmm…