The funniest thing in the newspaper yesterday (Sunday, June 27) was not in the funny pages, but in an article in The New York Times concerning recent developments in Afghanistan. After recapping the stunning dismissal of General McChrystal and the apparent efforts of Afghan President Hamid Karzai to negotiate a peace directly with Taliban leaders and their Pakistani backers, the author, Scott Shane, made this statement in a stand-alone paragraph:
"Even as the Obama administration smoothly handled the McChrystal flap and regrouped behind the Afghanistan policy, word came in a report in The New York Times on Friday of diplomatic maneuvering between Afghan and Pakistani leaders that could result in a separate peace, potentially leaving the American generals with 100,000 troops and no one to fight."
Call me perverse, but this, I think, is simply hilarious.
"Even as the Obama administration smoothly handled the McChrystal flap and regrouped behind the Afghanistan policy, word came in a report in The New York Times on Friday of diplomatic maneuvering between Afghan and Pakistani leaders that could result in a separate peace, potentially leaving the American generals with 100,000 troops and no one to fight."
Call me perverse, but this, I think, is simply hilarious.
