[Future Snake Eater]

We could be in Afghanistan for a thousand years and the savages will still end up in control.

Only if we maintained the status quo. If we got a lot more aggressive, we'd likely pacify a significant chunk of that place. That would have to extend into Pakistan, too, of course.

[cripplecreek]

Pacification means killing every last living person there and replacing the population with humans. I have no interest in wasting more lives or money there.