Mutternich replied on Permalink
If the Aflac duck ever gets laid off...
...doubtless he'll find a new gig with "AfPak."
And maybe the nation we're trying to build isn't really Afghanistan but Pipelineistan:
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175050/pepe_escobar_welcome_to_pipelineistan
At least it seems to go farther in explaining our hanging in there for so many years, and our disappointment with our less tenacious NATO allies, than "They attacked us and killed 3,000 Americans!"