Originally Posted by bhkad

Tales of Howard Stern's Sidekick Artie's Afghanistan Trip

On the Howard Stern shown (on Sirius Satellite Radio) today his comedic sidekick, Artie Lange, talked about his recent USO tour to entertain the troops in Afghanistan.

What he said he learned was that the Afghan people think in terms of hundreds of years rather than in 4 year spans of time. And that the Taliban is telling the farmers, villagers and 'regular' citizens of Afghanistan that when you hear US Presidential candidate, Barack Obama, promising to pull the US troops out of Afghanistan that works in the Taliban's favor.

He said the Taliban tells the people that when the Americans leave they will no longer be able to protect you. In essence Artie's message of what he heard was that the Taliban says, 'we will be here after the American leave so you, Mr. Peasant, should not co-operate with the Americans or else we will slay you as though you are a disbeliever.'

As a result of the trip Artie is no longer leaning toward voting for Obama.

And that is what makes me believe that if the McCain campaign simply gets the truth out about the GWOT such as what Artie said above, for example, he should have no problem in winning the election in November.

Any others with comments about Artie, Gary, Jim Florentine and Nick DiPaolo's trip, feel free to post them here.