"Oh, Yes... I'm The Great.... Pretender"........

    The New York Times said on Tuesday that a man it had described as a "Taliban leader" who had taken part in "secret peace talks" with the Afghan government was in fact an impostor.

    The newspaper said the man had held three meetings with NATO and Afghan officials but that U.S. officials had confirmed on Monday "they had given up hope" he was the leader identified as Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour.

    "It's not him," the newspaper quoted "And we gave him a lot of money."

    I can see it now....3 men in a cave sit around a small table making a bet. Ishvatar says "Abdul and Mohammad, I bet 3 of your best goats and that sexy looking sheep up on the hill, that I can act like a Taliban leader and get all the way into the Presidential palace". Abdul laughs and says "It can't be done, the Afghans won't believe it for a minute". But Mohammad sees the sparkle in Ishvatars eyes and finally agrees.
 
    "It will work only if you condemn the worthless and spineless American terrorists who have destroyed our way of life and made it difficult to find even a chance of a peaceful date with the new sheep in town! Ishvatar, you must promise President Karzai that even he can have a chance to date one of our new sheep but only if he agrees with you and offers to make payments to the Taliban to keep us from fighting him and his troops from now on".

    We know that an impostor Taliban leader successfully worked his way into many offices, including the presidential palace. What we don't know is how much was given to or told to this impostor before someone wised up and kicked his flea bitten ass out. Funny, but that seems to be just like the position we find ourselves in, doesn't it?