Friday, December 26, 2008

The Way To A Man's Mind

It seems that Viagra is the latest addition to the U.S. Intelligence cache of gifts (read "bribes") to coax information from reluctant informants. Which, when you think about it, seems rather appropriate, as Viagra is used for coaxing a certain reluctant body part. I guess it's all rather Zen, in that 'everything-is-connected' way.

The Washington Post reports that:

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.

In their efforts to win over notoriously fickle warlords and chieftains, the 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, the officials said.

Just more proof, as if any were needed, that the penis truly is the filter through which a man thinks. Which begs another question: how many men are there that would sell out their country for the chance to have a 4 hour erection? I think the answer might be very scary.

(via Benen at Political Animal)

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