Yo, You’re Not Saying Anything About That David Rohde Piece?

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Yo, You’re Not Saying Anything About That David Rohde Piece?
By: Spencer Ackerman Saturday October 17, 2009 9:13 pm	Tweet3

Are you crazy? The Yankees aren’t even through the fourth.

Yeah, but whatever, what about that quote in the piece where he’s like, ‘The New Taliban are buck wild and they can’t possibly be split from al-Qaeda!’ That’s in your wheelhouse! Why do I even read this blog? Say something!

I will! But first I want to, you know, read the other installments of the story! In the first installment, Rohde introduced the idea but we haven’t gotten to the point where he develops it. Believe me, I want to read every word. And, yo– do you think I’m skeptical of that premise? I wrote the other day that the greater prospect for Taliban fissures are all within the Taliban syndicate, not between the Quetta-Shura-Taliban and al-Qaeda. It’s not exactly like I’m running from some inconvenient account here.

What? When was that piece? Where’s your link? What are you hiding?

Jesus fucking Christ! It’s the ALCS! Cano’s batting with two out on a 3-0 count! Why are you reading this post anyway? Google it yourself. Shit!

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4 Responses to “Yo, You’re Not Saying Anything About That David Rohde Piece?”

mikeyhemlok October 17th, 2009 at 11:08 pm

Dude, c’mon, here, lemme getchoo a beer.

Here.

Now, Rivera’s already in and the scores tied, so the Yanks are going to lose this one, if not tonight, then tomorrow after the rain delay.

Now, this taliban thing? It’s not an either/or, and one of our biggest problems is these clowns with their false binary choices.

Some field commanders will co-opt some insurgent fighters. Some tactical operations will result in some side switching. Some of these fuckers will hang on til forever because they don’t have anyplace else to go.

War is like life. Counter insurgency is like life with a strung-out girlfriend. Sometimes it’s tough love, sometimes you enable, but you’re always working toward that point where it’s just like everybody else’s life.

So. Accept the fact that everybody’s right, and everybody’s wrong. Accept the fact the series is going back to LA tied 1-1. Accept the fact that it’s friday night, and you don’t have to sweat the small stuff.

Want another beer?

mikey