[Tailgunner Joe]

Eradicate the terrorists. Eradicate the crops. End of problem.

[WestPacSailor]

Eradicate the terrorists. Eradicate the crops. End of problem.

While eradication would work IF you could be sure you got ALL of the crop, and IF you could be sure no one else would step up and grow it. If you reduce the supply you just drive up the price and the criminals get richer (see under "gas shortage").

Also, eradicating crops does nothing to stem the production and sale of drugs like methanphetamines, which are manufactured from readily available chemicals.

[doxteve]

The problem is eradication: terrorists and crops are both hard to eradicate. Kind of like belling the cat.