Iowahawk: White House in Talks With Elusive Taliban Leader

Iowahawk | November 24, 2010 | David Burge

[EveningStar]

New York Times International Bureau

Coralville, Iowa - A high ranking official with the U.S. State Department expressed optimism this afternoon that new top-to-top diplomatic negotiations between the United States government and an elusive moderate Taliban warlord would bring a speedy end to the conflict in Afghanistan, paving the way for the Obama adminstration to withdraw American troops ahead of its 2011 plan .

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[EveningStar]

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[GoCards]

Is this the guy that was a “fake” , lol.

[HighWheeler]

Except for one thing:

Zero is a clueless, gullible, gutless, ham-handed, ignorant negotiator.

[Pan_Yan]

My daughter kept asking me why I was laughing at the computer and I can’t tell her.

[traditional1]

"moderate Taliban warlord"

ROFL.... "a MODERATE Warlord" jihadist.....do these people have a clue?

[NonValueAdded]

ROFLMAO and yet so plausible

[EveningStar]

Iowahawk writes satire - at least most of the time. :)

[traditional1]

"Iowahawk writes satire - at least most of the time. :)"

Yeah....but it sure sounds like factual this time, don't it?

LMAO

[Wuli]

“moderate Taliban warlord”

The joining of “moderate” plus “Taliban warlord” within a single term represents an oxymoron that defies reality.

[EveningStar]

Yes. It sounds all too real.

[xjcsa]

The joining of “moderate” plus “Taliban warlord” within a single term represents an oxymoron that defies reality.

It also represents brilliant satire.

[phs3]

Neville Chamberlain Claims Peace in Our Time

oh wait, wrong century...

[knews_hound]

This was one of his best. I had to physically stop reading I was laughing so hard.

Cheers,

knewshound

[RichInOC]

Salaam aleikum, Mullah Iowahak! You should have held out for the halal Honeybaked Ham.

[Ditto]

I made it fine until this line and then I lost it.

"We tried to remain firm, but as every international relations expert from Harvard to Georgetown knows, sometimes you have to be flexible when you have the objective in sight," said the diplomat. "But we got the Mullah to agree to pay back the keg deposit."

Iowa Hawk is just too funny, and sadly too observant of reality.