We have ended poppy eradication, a radical change, because all we were doing by eradicating poppy seeds--poppy crops--was driving farmers--poor farmers--into the hands of the Taliban.
Holbrooke explains the shift in strategy regarding poppy eradication to avoid pushing farmers towards the Taliban.
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If somebody wants to be reintegrated or reconciled, they have to accept the constitution and they have to renounce violence.
We are spending the money you've authorized for us to create a justice system which can cut into the Taliban's propaganda about corruption and lack of a justice system.
I share your astonishment that so little was done on this in the past, and I want to commend you and Senator Webb for continuing to push.