Taliban or yes, Taliban; Trump or no-Trumps! There is no such thing as a lasting peace in Afghanistan. It’s eugenically impossible. The Afghanis don’t really comprehend the concept of peace. They like to fight. They like to carry arms.

This is nothing to do with religion. Just think of the geography of the country: mountains and passes and more mountains and more passes. Let alone an abundance of poppies which are good for the production of hallucinating narcotics.

I’d bet a pound of poppies that there will only be a temporary peace.

Think of Mel Brooks’s movie ‘To Be or not To Be’. Hitler: ‘all I want is a little piece. A little piece of Poland, a little slice of Turkey…’