Category Archives: Afghanistan
Cave Dweller
It turns out bin Laden’s cave was in a million dollar compound, in the resort town of Abbottabad, about 800 yards from Pakistan’s military academy.
Holy Smoke
Pyro Pastor Terry Jones torches a Quran in Florida and 20 people die in Afghanistan. It’s a miracle! No, wait, it’s a mob. Here’s General Petraeus:
“Every security force leader’s worst nightmare is being confronted by essentially a mob, if you will, especially one that can be influenced by individuals that want to incite violence, who want to try to hijack passions, in this case, perhaps understandable passions,”
Hope pastor Jones can’t draw Muhammad cartoons.
Federal Power
A federal judge ruled that the federal government doesn’t have the power to make you go out and buy something you otherwise wouldn’t – health care in this case. The government claims its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce gives it the right to do just that.
Nat Hentoff doesn’t think any clause of the constitution gives the government the right to assassinate its own citizens who become jihadists.
Whacky WikiWorld
WikiLeaks leader, Julian Assange, doesn’t care for the United States’ meddling in world affairs. Yet his recent document dump showed that it’s Iran’s Arab neighbors who most want the U.S. to take out Iranian nukes. Other tasty morsels include a very close relationship between Putin and Berlusconi, Sarkozy as a “naked emperor“, an Afghan vice president with $50 million in cash, and Gadhafi’s voluptuous Ukranian nurse.
A Stone’s Throw from Civilization
The wisdom of the voters is hard to comprehend when the local electorate is busy stoning young couples. To their elected leader’s credit, President Karzai condemned the act of Sharia Law.
