Catching up on the latest news from Armpitistan. The Canadians pulled out of Kandahar province on time -- the "withdrawal method" in action -- and the chickens immediately came home to roost.
Kandahar was ruled, in theory and in practice, by Ahmed Wali Karzai, half-brother of democratically elected Afghan President Hamid Krazai. The Canadian forces in his fiefdom were criticized for propping up the murderous, thieving, corrupt scumbag, but Steve Harpoon's government said that without his strong presence on the local throne, things would get even worse.
No sooner had the Canadians left than Wally's presence turned into an absence, thanks to a case of lead poisoning administered by one of his own bodyguards. And who bribed the bodyguard to do the deed? Some say it was the Yanks wot killed Wally! If not, the Taliban would no doubt have done for him before much longer.
Having been too late to get AWK (as Wally was known), the Taliban got in on the action by sending forth a suicide bomber, who walked into the mosque where the obsequies were being held, and blew himself to little Talibanbits, along with five mourners. Fifteen others were wounded.
Kandahar City had now turned into a ghost-town, as national and "coalition" forces patrol the streets in huge numbers. Citizens are taking discretion as the better part of valour, remaining indoors. Shops are closed and life has pretty much come to a standstill, as everyone waits for the retaliation which is sure to follow.
Meanwhile the Canadian media are falling all over their politically correct selves with glowing wrap-ups of the "success" of the Canadian mission. "Journalists" on the scene in Kandahar are practically wetting themselves jumping out of the way of their own shadows, all the while singing the praises of the Canadian troops and the benefits of peace and democracy which they've brought to the armpit of the world. As Edna Krabopple would say, "HAH!"
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