The initial goal was to make sure 9/11 did not happen again. That the country was not a safe haven for terrorist operations against us.
Like I said earlier, the farmers have no say in what they grow. The average Afghan has next to no say in what happens in their world. There is always someone with a gun that does as they please. Slavery of one kind or another is rampant and abundant and we, we look the other way, because it is their culture.
So....to be honest, education to the entire populace and tighter hands on the purse strings as well as zero tolerance for Pakistani perfidy will go a long way to changing how things are. But the Russians got into the mess they did because they pushed cultural change. The drug running is just one of a multitude of issues. You know what? I'm tired and calling it a night. Maybe tomorrow, when I wake up, there will be an easily achievable outcome that we can all agree on. Probably not, but hope springs eternal.