This is the mother of all bad ideas in terms of the U.S. AfPak policy, strategy, campaign or whatever it is called.

oh typo in headline dom Khyber.  Khybar sounds like a nightclub.

dom = dim

My bad: let me see if I can fix it.

If all the monies spent on war were spent on improving living conditions for all, education and research, just imagine what the world could accomplish.