Frankie Boyle On Afghanistan

Frankie's in trouble again. On Tramadol Nights last night on Channel 4, referring to the war in Afghanistan, Boyle said: "Basically, we are murdering a load of shepherds. What gets me is our callousness as a society when we read out our dead on the news first, because our lives are more important. Other people's aren't worth as much."

He then adopted a newsreader's tone, saying: "A bomb went off in Kandahar today, killing two British servicemen, three UN relief workers and a whole bunch of Pakis."

The comic said later: "The Ministry of Defence? At least in the old days we were honest, it was the Ministry of War. 'Hello Ministry of War, department of nigger bombing, how can I help?'"

Not PC but there's more truth and authenticity in those remarks than in the whole of Obama's recent summary of 'progress' in Afghanistan in his review speech(see earlier posts).