Afghanistan Bananistan
Jeffrey Wells
This is a scene from the movie The Hot Rock:
With the help of a hypnotist by the name of Miasmo, Dortmunder sets up his own safe deposit box to get access to the vault and then plans to invoke the predetermined hypnotic trigger phrase "Afghanistan banana stand" to the vault guard. He then would be able to gain access to Abe's safe deposit box and retrieve the gem just after the bank opens in the morning.
Everytime I hear something about the mess in Afghanistan I am reminded of this phrase. It somehow seems appropriate. Perhaps someone should have mentioned it to President Bush back we first got involved here.
Daniel Greenfield has a good post about what happened: The Afghan Army Didn't Surrender: It Rejoined Its Tribes
Via Bayou Renaissance Man
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