Rummy Remembers Why Afghanistan Is Important

Heroin and the funds from the sale, but we did a "cut and run" right into Iraq because it was politically feasible to go for the oil. What's the big deal anyway? Other than we will have to do it all again in Afghanistan someday.

(AP)Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday a flourishing drug trade in Afghanistan may be helping fuel a Taliban resurgence, potentially undermining the young Afghan democracy.

If you can refresh my memory, how was it that Al Qaida and the Taliban funded their rise to power prior to 9/11?