Ikke nogen hemmelighed med "araberne" i Afpak, men behøver
nutiden ligne fortiden så meget? Jeg foretrækker mine historiske paralleller knap så grove.
The US has told its Nato partners that funds from individuals in Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia now rival drug money as a source of financing for Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. (...)
The Saudi embassy in Washington did not immediately reply to a request for comment late on Wednesday.
Måske Zombie-Carter og Zombie-Reagan også bidrager fra graven til de brave mujahideen i kampen mod
Zombie-USSR NATO? Kender vi ikke til visdommen i
vor egen filmskat?
- This is Afghanistan... Alexander the Great try to conquer this country... then Genghis Khan, then the British. Now Russia. But Afghan people fight hard, they never be defeated. Ancient enemy make prayer about these people... you wish to hear?
- Um-hum.
- Very good. It says, 'May God deliver us from the venom of the Cobra, teeth of the tiger, and the vengeance of the Afghan.' Understand what this means?
- That you guys don't take any shit?
- Yes... something like this.
Ikke for at sige, at afghanere er uovervindelige, men at Rambo næsten er et anagram for Obama.
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