The Russian Bounty Hoax

So, the MSM buzz that finally something big was up.  The Russians were paying the Taliban to kill Americans.

There was supposedly some intel, but it was never confirmed and the Fourth Estate decided to go with it.

My fellow countrymen, if you believe this, go with this thought exercise:

Picture a meeting between a Taliban commander and a Russian agent: The Taliban commander say to the Russkie, "So let me get this straight, you want to pay us to do what we do anyway?"Absurd on the face of it. Now anything is possible, but it takes a special kind of stupid to think it probable.