The old bastards are swept out, and the new bastards are INSTALLED.
>It also said that Washington is funding and organising
>for the exiled monarch of Afghanistan, King Zahir
>Shah, to return to power and call for a revolution.
>He is expected to encourage the guerilla army of the
>Northern Alliance opposition to fall in behind him.
>"The King plans to call on all the Afghan tribes to
>rise up against the Taliban," the diplomatic cable
>reported.
No democracy for the Afghani, no sir! They might actually start, God Forbid!, thinking for themselves!
Bile aside, is there anything else in Afghanistan besides control of an important route into (and out of) China? Oil? Natural gas? Diamonds, even? And what the Devil is China up to; I haven't heard a peep out of them, so far.
Did a bit of checking before sending this note; get a load out of this web-page: http://216.55.27.61/xoldsilkr.htm The last sentence is truly ironic considering circumstances.
Todd