Hard to imagine the old style Taliban allowing the use of Pashtun customary law. We'll make liberals of 'em yet."From a Pashtun point of view, Petraeus should be shot by relatives from his mistress's family," the Taliban official explained.
"From a Shariah point of view, he should be stoned to death."
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Would, "reader, I married him," be an acceptable outcome?
Posted by: dick gregory | November 15, 2012 at 05:56 PM
Courtesy of Private Eye, you gotta love this quote from the BBC news report:
Paula Broadwell...spent months embedded alongside the then-general in Afghanistan while researching her book, "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus".
Posted by: Strategist | November 15, 2012 at 10:28 PM
That was hilarious, but I would love to ask him why it's a scandal here if the behaviour is totally unexceptional.
Posted by: Chris | November 16, 2012 at 01:35 AM