What Have We Accomplished In Afghanistan ???

KABUL, Afghanistan — Opium cultivation and production in Afghanistan reached record levels this year, United Nations officials said Wednesday, blaming at least part of the increase on politicians’ need for campaign cash during the country’s protracted election season.

“With the presidential election ongoing, there was a huge demand of funding and that funding is not available in the licit economy,” said Jean-Luc Lemahieu, a senior official with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. “That money has to come from somewhere, so they turned to the illicit economy.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/world/asia/afghan-elections-cited-as-factor-in-record-levels-of-opium-production.html

Holy cow: we finally taught them how the American political system works !!!