Saudis cut off from the oil trough are using poppy power to attempt regime change in Riyadh. If they succeed and control the Gulf fields they won't drink it, but will sell only to friends. Our Mission is Energy Security, which is just as critical as a military Threat - in 1973 our friend the Shah tried to freeze Holland. So: interdict their money and managers, and gangsters wither. Then a State can be constructed, with such novelties as electricity and roads. Lots of people in Brussels know how to dish out Set-aside money to replace the opium crop.
It's all one energy chain, Af-Chechnya-Iraq-Kosovo, maybe Somali/Sudan. Boots on the ground are part of the fix, but so is closing down Bank accounts. Brits, Canucks, Aussies, Poles and US are enough - the EU Force in ex-Yugo suggests that many cooks at the same pot simply confuse. Putin, Japan, Germany, India, Pakistan are helping in other ways - money, logistics, Intell. I expect the French are too.