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Little Blue Pills Among the Ways CIA Wins Friends in Afghanistan
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... about Taliban movements and supply routes -- followed by a request for more pills. For U.S. intelligence officials, this is how some crucial battles in Afghanistan are fought and won. While the CIA has a long history of buying information with cash, the growing Taliban insurgency has prompted the use of novel incentives and creative bargaining to gain support in some of the country's roughest neighborhoods, according to officials directly involved in such operations. Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
N/A — Afghan warlords align themselves with the old red, white,and blue.  Mostly blue.

Redefining hard intelligence
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... American intel operations have scored some successes in Afghanistan by helping tribal leaders score some as well.  What do you get for the tribal leader that has everything, including multiple wives?  A bit of youth in a little blue pill apparently works wonders for friendship — and cooperation: The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift. Four blue ...

The Little Blue Counterterrorism Pill?
A Blog For All — ... . In an effort to win over fickle warlords and chieftains in Afghanistan and get information from them, CIA officials are handing out Viagra pills in exchange for their cooperation, the Washington Post reports. "Whatever it takes to make friends and influence people - whether it's building a school or handing out Viagra," an agency operative, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the Post. The growing Taliban insurgency has forced the agency to get creative in how they obtain certain information from Afghan warlords and tribal leaders, including Taliban movements and ...

Winning hearts and minds
Political Animal — WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS.... Conditions in Afghanistan have been deteriorating, and the pressure on U.S. troops and officials is increasing. Apparently, in some cases, there's been a diplomatic breakthrough thanks to a little blue pill . The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift. Four blue pills. Viagra. "Take one of these. You'll love it," the officer ...

CIA Bribing Afghani Tribal Leaders With Viagra
Say Anything — ... I mean, when you’re a decrepit, toothless, illiterate barbarian with four wives something like the little blue pill would be magic: ...

Hearts and Minds
Neptunus Lex — Making friends and influencing people in the Af. The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift. Four blue pills. Viagra. “Take one of these. You’ll love it,” the officer said. Compliments of Uncle Sam. The enticement worked. The officer, who described the encounter, returned four ...

MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR: Fighting Terrorism With Viagra….
Instapundit — MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR: Fighting Terrorism With Viagra.

This Is My Rifle, This Is My Gun. This Is for Fighting, This Is for Intelligence Work.
Hit & Run — From today's Washington Post: The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift. Four blue pills. Viagra. "Take one of these. You'll love it," the officer said. Compliments of Uncle Sam. The enticement worked. The officer, who described the encounter, returned four days later to an enthusiastic reception. The grinning chief offered up a bonanza of information about Taliban movements and supply routes -- ...

CIA Recruits Afghan Allies With Boner Pills
The LLama Butchers — CIA Recruits Afghan Allies With Boner Pills The WaPo is reporting that the CIA is "buying" loyalty among Afghan Chieftains with free Viagra . This is pure brilliance on so many levels. "Officials say these inducements are necessary in Afghanistan, a country where warlords and tribal leaders expect to be paid for their cooperation, and where, for some, switching sides can be as easy as changing tunics. If the Americans don't offer incentives, there are others who will, including Taliban commanders, drug dealers and even Iranian agents in the region. The usual bribes of choice -- cash and weapons -- aren't always the best options, Afghanistan veterans say. Guns too often fall into ...

CIA Plays Candy Man to Afghans
TalkLeft — What will the CIA do to win friends among the Afghans? The Washington Post reports almost anything -- including handing out little blue pills to help the warlords with "sagging libidos." Officials say these inducements are necessary in Afghanistan, a country where warlords and tribal leaders expect to be paid for their cooperation, and where, for some, switching sides can be as easy as changing tunics. If the Americans don't offer incentives, there are others who will, including Taliban commanders, drug dealers and even Iranian agents in the region. The usual bribes of choice -- cash and weapons -- aren't always the best options, ...

The CIA: Winning Over Afghans, One Erection At A Time
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — WaPo: Little Blue Pills Among the Ways CIA Wins Friends in Afghanistan By Joby Warrick The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift. Four blue pills. Viagra. “Take one of these. You’ll love it,” the officer said. Compliments of Uncle Sam. The enticement worked. ...

World Peace is At Hand
Booman Tribune — As Teddy Roosevelt counseled, we should walk softly and carry a hard stick : The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift. Four blue pills. Viagra. "Take one of these. You'll love it," the officer said. Compliments of Uncle Sam. I've never been so proud of my country.

Winning their hearts and...say what?
Wizbang — As America fights an asymmetrical war against terror unlike any we've ever fought before there is an unprecedented need for human intelligence to be successful. The utility of U2 flyovers and satellite photography is limited when confronting an enemy who eschews uniforms and skulks amongst the civilian population. The war on terror can only be fought successfully through reliable and actionable info from the local population. In Afghanistan, the CIA has gone beyond the usual cash incentives for info to ferret out the Taliban and al Qaeda: The Afghan chieftain looked older than ...

Raising Afghans Above Terror -- CIA Style
The Corner on National Review Online — Friday, December 26, 2008 [image] Raising Afghans Above Terror CIA Style [ Andy McCarthy ] From the Washington Post (for now ... By Sunday, I expect this story to be worked into a commercial, aired sometime during the first quarter of the 1 o'clock game): The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift. 12/26 01:55 PM

On converting terrorists to helping fight the WOT - one little blue pill at a time
Hyscience — Well, actually it was four little blue pills: From the WaPo via The Corner: > : > The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift. Four blue pills. Viagra. > > "Take one of these. You'll love it," the officer said. Compliments of Uncle Sam. The enticement worked. The officer, who described the encounter, returned four days later to an ...

The CIA's Secret Weapon in Afghanistan? ... Viagra
The Stump — Or, as the WaPo puts it in this piece, "pharmaceutical enhancements for aging patriarchs with slumping libidos." Here's how it works--that is, for collecting intelligence, not biochemically: The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift. Four blue pills. Viagra. "Take one of these. You'll love it," the officer said. Compliments of Uncle Sam. The ...

When Is Prescription Drug Abuse Okay?
Comments from Left Field — ... … American intel operations have scored some successes in Afghanistan by helping tribal leaders score some as well.  What do you get for the tribal leader that has everything, including multiple wives?  A bit of youth in a little blue pill apparently works wonders for friendship — and cooperation[.] ...

"Whatever it takes to make friends and influence people -- whether it's building a school or handing out Viagra."
Althouse — The United States is so creative. blog advertising blog advertising

Pharmacist to the world
The Reaction — By Creature WaPo: The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift. Four blue pills. Viagra. "Take one of these. You'll love it," the officer said. Compliments of Uncle Sam. The enticement worked. The officer, who described the encounter, returned four days later to an enthusiastic reception. The grinning chief offered up a bonanza of information ...

Surgin!!
WTF Is It Now?!? — In their efforts to win over notoriously fickle warlords and chieftains, the CIA has offered up some solid incentive to get them to thrust into the battle and offer some stiff resistance ...

Raising ire [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom — Interesting story of the CIA’s creative ways of dealing with Afghan tribal leaders. The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift. Four blue pills. Viagra. “Take one of these. You’ll love it,” the officer said. Compliments of Uncle Sam. The enticement worked. The officer, who described the encounter, returned four days later to an enthusiastic reception. The grinning chief offered up a bonanza of information about Taliban movements and supply routes — ...

Little Blue Pill in the Land of Warlords
Taylor Marsh — BY TAYLOR MARSH Make love, not war. The K.G.B. used to be the group that traded on sex. Now, according to the Washington Post, it’s the C.I.A. The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to ...

Afghanistan: CIA & Viagra
The Moderate Voice — News reports indicate that CIA has discovered a lethal weapon to subdue ageing Afghan tribals — Viagra. However, just a little warning to the over-enthusiastic CIA guys distributing blue pills in the remote areas. The Afghan tribal lords have a known weakness for the fair young men too, apart from performing the ritual with their spouses. So after distributing the Viagra pills, the CIA guys (as a precautionary measure) should avoid turning their posteriors towards the tribals!!! …Just in case the blue pills act faster on an Afghan’s anatomy!!! Here is The Telegraph story on the subject… And here some comments by ...

This, that, and this and-uh
Unqualified Offerings — By Thoreau 1)  The CIA is funding uprisings in Afghanistan : The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift. Four blue pills. Viagra.“Take one of these. You’ll love it,” the officer said. Compliments of Uncle Sam. The enticement worked. The officer, who described the encounter, returned four days later to an enthusiastic reception. The grinning chief offered up a bonanza of information about Taliban movements and supply routes — followed by a request for more ...

Afghan Viagra and Child Slavery: The Washington Post Misses the Irony. Again.
Firedoglake — ... The first story was how the CIA has been providing Viagra to warlords to get them on "our" side. Spencer hit on this over at ...

Phil Bronstein: Will Foreign Policy Get Even Sexier in 2009?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... The blue pill recipient in Afghanistan, according to the Washington Post, citing the now retired US operative who helped pump up one village elder, was very grateful. "He came up to us beaming," after he got the Viagra, the operative was quoted as saying. "And after that we could do whatever we wanted in his area." ...

Afghanistan, The Netherlands…and Viagra.
The Moderate Voice — The day after Christmas, the Washington Post reported on a controversial tactic by the CIA to win the hearts, minds and perhaps other parts of some of the Afghan people. According to the Post: In their efforts to win over notoriously fickle warlords and chieftains, the [CIA] officials say, the agency’s operatives have used a variety of personal services. These include pocketknives and tools, medicine or surgeries for ailing family members, toys and school equipment, tooth extractions, travel visas, and, occasionally, pharmaceutical enhancements for aging patriarchs with slumping libidos… Yes, they are referring to, ...

Warfare Trends: Task Force ODIN
Winds of Change.NET — ... that the US military is about to spend $100 million to upgrade the facilities at Kandahar, Afghanistan, in order to accommodate up to 26 aircraft for "Task Force ODIN" in Afghanistan. At first glance, this might seem like just another infrastructure play - unless one realizes that Task Force ODIN (Observe, Detect, Identify & Neutralize) may be the second-most underrated fusion of technology and operating tactics in America's counter-insurgency arsenal. ...

CIA Surge into Afghanistan
Flopping Aces — ... head count in Afghanistan will increase to 700, led by increases in paramilitary officers, intelligence analysts, and operatives tracking the behavior of Afghan government officials. There is something to be said about the success of having a light footprint, utilizing Special Forces and CIA rather than a heavy military force (but wasn’t the Rumsfeld approach only temporarily successful?). We shouldn’t underestimate the power of viagra diplomacy to carry us to victory in Overseas Contingency Operations. ...