I’m weary of it. I was weary of it when Pres. Bush tried it with Ashcanistan. We tried to illiterate Moslem savages into a Western democracy, which was obviously not going to work.
Given the nature of Afghanistan, I think we should consider “tribe exterminating” when dealing with these savages.
I still favor my own idea. Basically if the people of the country wish to live in medieval times, you make it so. You just destroy every technical vestige of civilization until they are living in that era. All machinery, electronics, generators, etc. Pulverize it all and let them live with the fruits of how they choose to act.
I would try to avoid unnecessary casualties when doing this, so use precision strikes, but the end result is the most important thing.
This has the handy side effect of also preventing them from being a useful harbor or future source of terrorists. Nobody will base themselves in a country with no communications or transport.