iPhones will win the war in Afghanistan, says NATO chief

So what he actually wants from Finland is...

to join the Nato and start spreading Nokia superiority.

"morale-sapping fanboi contagion"

Bravo!

Of course...

Spreading rabid consumerism, that's the answer. Why wasn't that thought of earlier?

Bloodie cloggies

Makes me ashamed to be one...

Paris because De Hoop Scheffer and she are probably related. Or share the same intellect.

Two things.

First, 'Afghan fellow'? Did he at this point twirl a bushy moustache and get his boy to fetch whatever the Finnish equivalent of brandy?

Second, he does realise all the guy was doing was downloading the Sniper Shot Calculator App recently featured on this here Reg?

um

buying an iphone in Afghanistan would cost a year's wages ....so the dude using it was probably a drug lord .... so much for progress eh?

@ Sean

You seem to have an incredibly short memory - lets refresh it.

The entirety of the western world (which includes almost everyone within NATO, so thats you Europeans, the yanks, the canadians, the aussies, the kiwis, and well anyone else you can think of that classifies as "the West") agreed to go into Afghanistan after 9/11. I believe there was even a UN resolution allowing the action. And to be honest i don't think there was that much public dissatisfaction with the idea. So saying you never wanted to be there in the first place is a crock of sh*t!

Iraq on the other hand is a completely different story...

But remember the article is about Afghanistan, not Iraq... I know there easy to mix up - just ask George Dubya...

He forgot one little detail

The only way an Afghan can afford an iPhone is by:

- corruption,

- growing opium for heroin, or

- selling weapons to Talibans.

Now, which of the three was it?

PH, I bet she'll win the war too

@ sean

hmm perhaps you can go tell people in london and NYC that their loved ones werent killed by Terrorists....no they were disadvantaged, misunderstood freedom fighters from broken homes.

Or some other handwringing piss like that

Glad the current crop of handwringers weren't around during WW2....heck we would all be speaking german and Japanese and learning why democracy and Judaism are evil. Though almost happened due the spinelessness of Europe generally, lets appease them...no wonder we have chavs and neds everywhere....appeasement instead of enforcement.

Yet before 9/11 a lot of you hand wringers were parping on about how we should do something for the poor oppressed afghans, now we do, your upset as we went further than a sing song and a vague petition.

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Bet the little bugger stole it of a western soldier, seriously do they even have apple store out there?

Bless ole Scheffer

I think it was more his attempt at being hip, trendy, cool, down with the kids, innit?

(I had a few more, but due to being in my 30's I'm not young enough to know how to spell them).

Mine's the one that looks Emo enough to wear ;)

Seduce them with shiny toys

A cunning plan.