re: #266 ralphieboy

And the matter of emphasis in the headline: How about “Obama’s National Security Advisor Tells Joke Depicting Taliban as Pathetic Jerks?”

But best he be careful to stress that he doesn’t mean one of the moderate Taliban that we are reaching out to.

Btw, as described in a lost chapter of the Commentaries on the Gallic War, the Talibani (sing.: Talibanus) were one of the fiercest tribes defeated by Julius Caesar. They retreated east rather than submit to Roman rule. I gather that historians and archeologists are divided as to whether there is a link to the modern Taliban.