Comment by droithomme

Afghanistan was run by corrupt evil warlords who oversaw massive opium production empires. The Taliban eliminated the warlords and got rid of opium production, improving the country. The US plan to overthrow the Taliban and restore opium production predated 9/11. That's why it was ready to go after 9/11. First thing we did was restore the warload power, calling them now the legitimate government and paying them off, and making sure opium production resumed, under US protection. If 9/11 never happened the US would still have gone into Afghanistan on schedule. 9/11 had nothing to do with Afghanistan.