Suckers!

The conference is expected to agree a $500 million, five-year fund for President Karzai to “buy off” insurgents who are not ideologically committed to destroying the West.

Officials believe that many young Afghan men in the south and east of the country join the Taliban because they have little else to do.

Great Britain will basically buy off jihadists who declare that they have seen the light and are ready not to spread the will of Allah.

Right.

This is falling trap to that old "poverty breeds violence" thing, which may work in South Central Los Angeles, but not when 72 virgins are in the offering - or, rather, the rooted belief that 72 virgins are in the offering.