“Afghanistan is not Iraq,” said Ali A. Jalali, a former Afghan interior minister, who projects that it will take 10 years to establish stability in the country. “It is the theme park of problems.”

He went on to clarify: “Iraq is more like the all-you-can-eat buffet of problems.  Sudan, conversely, is a charming SoHo art gallery, except that instead of artwork it features problems.  Somalia, it is a well-compiled Greatest Hits album by the Danish electronica ensemble Problems.  Myanmar is the H.M.S. Problem, helmed by Admiral MacQuandary, marooned on the reefs surrounding Obstacle Island, taking on water at the rate of twelve difficulties per predicament.”

Jalali paused, then ruminated: “And Liechtenstein is just a hellhole.”

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Speaking in an exclusive interview with CNN on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Karzai also reluctantly accepted his image as “a puppet of America.”

President_Karzai: noble taskmistress
President_Karzai: it grieves me to suggest this
Condi1114: WHATS UP
President_Karzai: i do not see how your latest directive advances the cause of stability in afghanistan
Condi1114: ARE WE GOING 2 HAVE 2 HAVE THAT TALK AGAIN
Condi1114 THE ONE ABOUT HOW U SHOULD STOP BEING A LITTLE B!TCH
President_Karzai: i am aware of the importance of not being “a little bitch”
President_Karzai: but employing our already limited security forces to festoon the iranian embassy with toilet paper
President_Karzai: seems like not a great idea somehow
Condi1114: LOL!!!!
Condi1114: DANCE, PUPPET
President_Karzai: sigh

President_Karzai: we are also perilously low on “charmin” as it is

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