"Take one of these. You'll love it," the officer said. Compliments of Uncle Sam.

"Whatever it takes to make friends and influence people."

From the archive:

People say to me, "Whatever it takes." I tell them, It's going to take everything.

"I'm more concerned in the long term about the results of the drug war in Afghanistan than I am about resurgent Taliban," said the NATO military commander.

Little Blue Pills Among the Ways CIA Wins Friends in Afghanistan