Unfinished Business, Pt. II

Maybe Medecins Sans Frontieres is getting out just in time:

A British parliamentary committee has warned that Afghanistan is likely to "implode, with terrible consequences" unless more troops and resources are sent to calm the country.

The all-party Foreign Affairs Select Committee, in a report released Thursday, said warlord violence and the struggle between U.S.-led troops and insurgents continues to be a threat to security in Afghanistan.

Yeah, it sure would be nice if we could, you know, actually defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda elements still operating at large. And if that somehow doesn't meet your policy desires, there's always the war on drugs to inspire the need for an increased presence and new strategy:

The wide-ranging report on the war against terrorism also said raised concerns over the failure of the UK government and its allies to limit the production of opium in Afghanistan.

"We conclude that there is little, if any, sign of the war on drugs being won, and every indication that the situation is likely to deteriorate, at least in the short term," the report says.

Drugs bad.

"There is a real danger if these resources are not provided soon that Afghanistan -- a fragile state in one of the most sensitive and volatile regions of the world -- could implode, with terrible consequences," the committee says in its report.

Imposion bad. Finishing what we started good.