Informative, but written much like a high school research paper with endless supporting facts and "classified documents shown to this author." It easily could have been a twenty page essay rather than 200+ pages of repetition. However, the thesis is relevant: terrorist organizations run like illegitimate businesses - it's not just about targeting or head hunting, find the cash flow and cut it off. This book really filled in the gaps as to how Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were funded when Bin Laden was cut off from his family fortune.Peters writes a policy book that everyone in Washington needs to read to address the way ahead in Afghanistan. She details how the blind eye we turned to the farming of Poppy during the Russian invasion of Afghanistan is now causing us to pay a similar price. The irony of our CIA actions during those times and our current involvment in the region is shocking. Peters offers solutions to dealing with poor farmers who are forced at gun point to grow poppy that funds local Taliban tribes and ongoing Al Qaeda activities. A very important and informative book.
Good info on the narco-terror nexus. Follow the MONEY.
—gabo094
Quiet interesting background of afganistan and taliban
—tasha
I was hoping for something a bit more informative...
—Anndiv
Another Daily Show recommendation.
—chii
