Defeating The War On Terror

Misha Glenny author of McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworldhas this to say about the drug war:

In the past two years, the drug war has become the Taliban's most effective recruiter in Afghanistan. Afghanistan's Muslim extremists have reinvigorated themselves by supporting and taxing the countless peasants who are dependent one way or another on the opium trade, their only reliable source of income. The Taliban is becoming richer and stronger by the day, especially in the east and south of the country. The "War on Drugs" is defeating the "war on terror."

Because of the problems in Mexico and Afghanistan we are rapidly coming to a fork in the road. Do we opt for legalization of drugs or support of criminals and terrorists?

H/T commenter flicka47 at They Kidnap Americans Don't They?

Cross Posted at Classical Values