[warchild9]

Actually...wars turn messy because someone, somewhere, is making fat profits and they want to maintain that gravy train.

[DJ Taylor]

"It is critical, Simpson argues, for the troops to live with the locals, getting to know them personally and gaining their trust."

This tactic isn't going to work in Muslim countries like Afghanistan where the local's religion forbids befriending Infidels, and Simpson should know this.