Can't Beat 'Em? Then Bribe 'Em.

Zbiggy's answer for Afghanistan is soooo timely, given that the idea of paying people not to do us harm was a hotly debated topic at my local Obama platform committee meeting last night.
Everyone seemed to like the idea a lot, but no one seemed convinced it would actually be taken seriously by the powers.
But Zbiggy's a power and he says pay 'em off.
I like it.

His own program for improving the state of affairs in Afghanistan -- where U.S. casualties have surpassed those in Iraq for two months now -- revolves around pragmatism. He believes Europe should bribe Afghan farmers not to produce poppies used for heroin since "it all ends up in Europe." Moreover, he thinks the tribal warlords can be bought off with bribes, with the endgame being the isolation of Al-Qaeda from a Taliban that is "not a united force, not a world-oriented terrorist movement, but a real Afghan phenomenon."