https://www.white-buffalo-trading.com/store/c9/Medicinal_Poppy_Seeds.html#/ US Marines (above) inspect a local poppy farm near Helmud, Afghanistan. The US soldiers now befriend the local farmers and allow the farming of 'opium' poppies to improve relations and allow locals to feed their families by growing a valuable, albeit dangerous, cash crop. The common name for opium poppy seeds sold in USA grocery stores and on Starbuck's bagels is 'bread seed poppy.' All poppy seeds are specifically legal in the USA under federal statutes. Poppy seeds are nutritious and delicious and are sold in many USA grocery stores, especially ethnic food stores with Asian, Afghan or Mediterranean selections, and in bulk at Whole Foods everywhere. I buy some of my opium poppy seeds from venues in the commercial grocery market. So yes, store-bought bread seed will grow opium poppies.
I take it you aren't familiar with power structures? America doesn't need to borrow internationally unlike Russia. America is in most cases the creditor nation. Let's put it like this: America defaults on its debt to China. What recourse does China have? Don't say lock America out of the global financial community that America built and currently chairs. You might win a prize if you say that, and it's not a good prize.
And now Islamic countries do not even want the Afghan refugees: https://apnews.com/article/europe-migration-taliban-uzbekistan-7b467c5f64c97ceea7d59ecaf0940950 Uzbekistan has 88% of the population as Muslims and yet they don't want refugees from Afghan. And at the same time, tiny little countries like UK whose religion is Christianity but is already overrun by Muslims with London's mayor as Muslim is taking in 20K refugees. 20K!! If anything, all of the refugees should be distributed to all of the countries surrounding Afghanistan and nobody goes to the West. They are all with similar religion, similar culture. WHY are they going all the way to the West when they despise the West so much and always try to force the West into adopting their Sharia Law? And besides the West was trying to help them and they didn't even want the West's help by harbouring those Taliban terrorists.
%% Population predictions/LOL. Hard to predict most wars also\look @ US v United Kingdom, 1776. Then the US media + N Vietnam beat US Armed forces. Then the US Armed forces kept good boundaries on US media+ Operation Desert Storm was won, amazing . Russia[evil empire] lost big in Afghanistan also , hard to predict wars.
This is why you do not negotiate with the terrorists. They do not have honour and they do not honour anything. Biden better not be the second Jimmy Carter. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/tal...kabul-airport-us-cannot-guarantee-safety.html
David vs The mighty Goliath/Godzilla, David won and wins. It will be documented in the history books for the future generations to see / remember / reflect / ponder.