The assassinations of high Afghan government officials by their own trusted security personnel mark
a new phase in the Afghan war, and a dangerous one. It will be clear in a few months, as if it isn’t already,
that we cannot win here. The idea of ‘nation building’ in Afghanistan is ridiculous and has been since the
day George Bush sent in our troops. Our only purpose anywhere in Pakistan or Afghanistan should be to
spoil attempts to attack us. We do not need boots on the ground to do that. Back when India and Pakistan
were partitioned, the US made a fundamental strategic mistake to provide foreign aid to the latter instead
of the former. As a result, Pakistan is a hopelessly corrupt failed state and cannot be rescued. It has to beread more

The north pole of Saturn is a gigantic hexagon easily capable of swallowing the entire earth. That the feature is so symmetrical and of at least twenty years standing has become a great mystery of the solar system. The hexagon is made up of swirling gasses, but we know of nothing that would cause a cloud to form a hexagonal shape and remain like that for an extended period. The cloud could be much older than 20 years. That’s simply when we discovered it.
Here’s a nice video about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOiV1RSfMnQ&NR=1
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The Republican party of the past, the Grand Old Party of patriots and business people, is gone. It has been replaced by a party of demented revolutionaries who will bring incredible suffering to every household in America and much of the world, and spark a backlash that will sweep Republicanism away entirely, and along with it much that has contributed to the prosperity and success of the United States.
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