Ted Rall for May 30, 2011
Transcript:
Osama is dead. But we're still in Afghanistan. (Not that anyone thought he was there.) Why we can't leave Afghanistan. Too much traffic: keep missing flight (Man: Kearn how to drive, tali-slug!) Lost: stupid foreign language signs!) Not dead yet: Obl's evil twin still alive (In Pakistan) Karzai's hats too distracting (Awe...some.) Boys from Bagram scenario. Gone Native (Came at age 18 still here at 28 America is dead to me.
@Churchill- We’re already letting maniacs dictate the policies of Saudi Arabia. The Al Saud have a long history of exploiting religious fanaticism in the name of political power.
@Mattro- OBL’s ideological mentors always wanted to bring back the glory days of Islam. Sooner or later, he’d have taken up arms against the West. It’s too bad we provided Al-Qaeda & the Taliban with arms & training. That was the fault of the short sighted Reagan & good ol’ Charlie Wilson.