If Real Life Had Been Written by Tolkien

THE SCOURING OF AFGHANISTAN

As we watch, the Afghanry-in-Arms is mopping up the last of those foreign Ruffians brought in by their master, the evil wizard O’Samaman, to blight that fine little land.

Beware! Though O’Samaman’s power is broken, he still has that seductive voice that he sends out over the al-Palanteera network to deceive anyone who listens.

If only there were a proper Gríma over there. That’s the one thing we’re lacking. He could make short work of “Chief” Omar Pimple and O’Samaman as well. Soon perhaps we’ll see the forlorn spectre of O’Samaman hovering over Middle-Asia … blown away by the West Wind…