If you're like me, you have a paralyzing fear of gravlax. Also, you're wondering what you're going to do for the next several months until "Game of Thrones" comes back. May I suggest, Afghanistan! The Central Asian hotspot has all the intrigue of "GoT," albeit with a disappointing scarcity of dragons. With American forces scheduled to leave the country and the end of President Hamid Karzai's term approaching, a looming power vacuum promises to create all manner of intrigue. The catch, of course, is that the key players--the aspiring politicians, the corrupt businessmen--are all named "Karzai." So if you had trouble telling Lannisters from Starks from Baratheons from Targareans, just imagine the difficulty of keeping straight the machinations of Mahmoud Karzai, Shah Wali Karzai, Qayum Karzai, Ahmed Wali Karzai, and others. (Pretty sure at least one of those guys is dead; don't know whether that makes things more or less complicated.)
The "buried lede" of this story? "When asked through Gerald Posner, a Karzai family lawyer, about Zamarai and whether he is holding him, Shah Wali Karzai declined to comment." Gerald Posner? So, even this most prominent of Pashtun families, leaders of a Muslim country, turns to a Jewish lawyer. Gotta love it.
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