the murder of richard holbrooke

* AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA*

Mr President.

Richard Holbrooke, your Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan recently fell ill and underwent a surgical operation.

You and your security apparatus will have been aware that Mr Holbrooke was a prime target for assassination by the worldwide Muslim terror army styling itself Al Qaeda.

You and your security apparatus nonetheless permitted Mr Holbrooke to go for his surgical operation to a Pakistani Muslim doctor.

Mr Holbrooke is of course now dead as the dodo.

And the Pakistani Muslim doctor is of course now claiming that Mr Holbrooke's last words were: "End the war in Afghanistan."

No surprises there.

Ah yes.

Doctor Mohommed Abu Bin Phibes would have us believe American diplomats are now appealing to him from their death beds to alter the fate of nations.

Barack old bean this is beyond incompetence.

You are out cartering Jimmy Carter.

James Healy