[–] GoodGodKirk ago (edited ago)
Drug prices would go up as the taliban took over...again. Gotta keep that steady supply flowing and Afghanistan has loads of medicinal drugs growing plentiful there.
[–] birds_sing 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Many people are saying opium/poppies.
But the main reason is for the coming war with Iran.
It is a very mountainous and rugged country. Making it very easy for Iran to defend. To defeat them the US/NATO/EU/Saudi Arabia/the Kurds will need every advantage they can get.
Afghanistan provides a safe place for bases on Iran's Eastern border. And the ability to attack from there.
You can go into all the finer details of it, but in the end they need bases on Iran's Eastern border for the coming war with Iran.
[–] 12299878? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
It was deemed cheaper, or at least cost effective to perform military training in the muddled East than it was to practice domestically (there's a lot more paperwork required to practice blowing stuff up in Arkansas).
[–] 12300075? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I dunno, the lovely Marines down in Twenty-Nine Palms like blowing shit up? They also have quite a few mock towns for urban warfare, and especially desert urban warfare.