U.S. introduces new generation of Stud Missiles

WASHINGTON (AFP) – CIA agents are offering the potency drug Viagra and other gifts to win over Afghan warlords in the US-led war against Taliban insurgents, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

Viagra: Bombs AWAY BOYS!

Alright, why does the CIA hate Afghani women and goats so much they have to hand over viagra to warlords?

The aging chieftains often have up to four wives and are open to the Viagra pill as a way to “put them back in an authoritative position,” said another official.

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Life is now much more HARD in the Afghani resistance.  It seems giving out birthcontrol to hapless burkha-clad women is  a problem, but giving viagra to their nasty old husbands is strategy to win the war on terrorism.  If most of these old dudes have at least four wives and some of them are young woman, I’d just like to say, way to go CIA, we’ve just upped the ante on torture policies.

If you really want to dig a little deeper into this, just go to the comments section of the Al Arabiya News Channel.  Yes, I went there.

Beacon of  wisdom and light Alamgir-Pakistan posted this:

for the deprived american female soldiers who probably masturbated…ooops masterminded this operation. I’ve heard planeloads of blonde “women rights” activists and reporters are available in the Afghani beauty parlours and ministries fighting over picks of native flavour. They get off on the idea of “sleeping with the enemy”… ha! what else can you expect from the daughters of the west. they are the civilised ones after all.

Jamal equates it with suicide-bombing:

WHEN U ARE FIGHTING UR ENEMY,U WILL USE ANY WEAPONS THAT CAN HELP U TO DEFEAT UR ENEMY.IF KIDNAPPING,SUICIDES,CAR EXPLOSIONS,BLOWING UP HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS,KILLING WOMEN,AND DOING DRUGS IS LEGAL FOR TALIBAN TO USE,VIAGRA IS LEGAL TO THE U.S. TOO.

The BBC outlines this charming anecdote:

In one case, a 60-year-old warlord with four wives was given four pills and four days later detailed Taleban movements in return for more.

“Whatever it takes to make friends and influence people,” the Post quoted one agent as saying.

“Whether it’s building a school or handing out Viagra.”

‘Silver bullet’

The newspaper said the use of Viagra had to be handled sensitively as the drug was not always known about in rural areas.

It quoted one retired agent as saying: “You didn’t hand it out to younger guys, but it could be a silver bullet to make connections to the older ones.”

In the case of the 60-year-old warlord – the head of a clan in southern Afghanistan who had not co-operated – operatives saw he had four younger wives.

The pills were explained and offered. Four days later the agents returned.

“He came up to us beaming,” the Post quoted an agent as saying. “He said, ‘You are a great man.’

“And after that we could do whatever we wanted in his area.”

Whatever it takes to make friends and influence people — whether it’s building a school or handing out Viagra,” one CIA operative who has worked in Afghanistan was quoted as saying.

 Ah, my tax dollars at work.  Maybe the Obama Adminstration will send Pastor Rick Warren over there to give them copies of  “The Purpose Driven Life” as phase two of this all out assault on the Taliban.

of dakinis, wonkettes, and pumas …

Open Thread for discourse.

Brilliance as an expression of Humanity

just because …

Italian Text

Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!
Tu pure, o, Principessa,
nella tua fredda stanza,
guardi le stelle
che tremano d’amore
e di speranza.
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me,
il nome mio nessun saprà!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò
quando la luce splenderà!
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
che ti fa mia!
(Il nome suo nessun saprà!…
e noi dovrem, ahime, morir!)
Dilegua, o notte!
Tramontate, stelle!
Tramontate, stelle!
All’alba vincerò!
vincerò, vincerò!

English Translation of “Nessun Dorma”

Nobody shall sleep!…
Nobody shall sleep!
Even you, o Princess,
in your cold room,
watch the stars,
that tremble with love and with hope.
But my secret is hidden within me,
my name no one shall know…
No!…No!…
On your mouth I will tell it when the light shines.
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine!…
(No one will know his name and we must, alas, die.)
Vanish, o night!
Set, stars! Set, stars!
At dawn, I will win! I will win! I will win!

Why has an Army Brigade Been Assigned to Patrol “the Homeland?”

Today I received an e-mail from the American Freedom Campaign (AFC), an organization founded by several prominent liberals, including Naomi Wolf, author of The End of America. Among the list of official supporters of the AFC are Amnesty International and the Center for Constitutional Rights. The AFC e-mail I received alerted me to an unprecentented order by George W. Bush that for the first time in history has assigned an army combat brigade to deal with emergencies and insurrections on U.S. soil.

From Army Times:

The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent 35 of the last 60 months in Iraq patrolling in full battle rattle, helping restore essential services and escorting supply convoys.

Now they’re training for the same mission — with a twist — at home.

Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks…

snip

…this new mission marks the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to NorthCom, a joint command established in 2002 to provide command and control for federal homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense support of civil authorities.

After 1st BCT finishes its dwell-time mission, expectations are that another, as yet unnamed, active-duty brigade will take over and that the mission will be a permanent one.

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