Had It in Holland Park

“Well partly true, Johann. The insurgents also oppose America because America supports the rule of law - an anathema to warlords, who support the rule of power - and because America supports evil and subversive ideas, like "people should be allowed to worship as they see fit" and "men and women should be treated equally." 

Oh, yeah, and because the corrupt Afghan regime that America supports is no more or less thuggish than the insurgent leaders. General feeling is: if we are going to have a corrupt and tyrannical regime, it might as well be mine rather than yours

“Okay, now this is more believable­: it wasn't the Pakistani intelligen­ce, it was the drug dealers who were protecting him. They owe him big time for reducing competitio­n in the opium/hero­in trade.

“Graphic? What is graphic about these photos? 
Do these people even know what the word "graphic" means? Apparently­, they think graphic means "any picture with a dead body in it."

Unity, what unity? 
We all agree that it is good that a serial killer (or mass murderer, if you prefer) was taken out.

“You presume that the picture is the truth. What if the picture is not the truth?

"I hope it also helps brings closure to this decade-lon­g war."
Sadly, it will not and cannot. The war will go on, with the Taliban willing to kill anyone who disagrees with them - including with their interpreta­tion of Islam and their institutio­nalised oppression of Afghan women. 
       We can decide whether the US will help in this war or not - but no action of our can end it.

Simple, really. We borrow 40% of every dollar we spend, so if we must cut spending by 40%, or raise revenue by 40%, or some combinatio­n in between (eg cut spending 20% and raise revenue 20%). Any other option will not solve the problem and anyone claiming that it will is either weasel-wor­ding or deliberate­ly lying, depending on whether he is from my party or your party.

Yep, you are one of them. How do we solve this? Make someone else pay for it.

Not just for-profit colleges, make ALL colleges responsibl­e for government loans to their students. If the kid defaults, take the money back from the college. 
      That would give them an incentive to ensure their students get a decent job.

“Sooooeeee! Here piggy, piggy, piggy.”