Only then could a new, long-term development strategy in Afghanistan – one that admits that the international community is not winning the war, and that the status quo is unacceptable – be implemented. Licensing the opium crop would be a realistic and pragmatic cornerstone of that strategy’s success.
只有到那时，一个在阿富汗的新的长期发展战略—一个承认国际社会正在战争中落败，且当前形势不可接受的战略—才能付诸实施。鸦片种植许可制度会是这一战略成功的一个现实而切实的里程碑。