$50 Million for the Head of What's-His-Name

According to Time magazine's Tim McGirk, the U.S. is launching a media blitz to remind Afghanis about the $25 million bounty on the head of Osama bin Laden--a bounty that the government plans to double within the next few weeks.

What's more, earlier today on NPR, McGirk added that U.S. officials were spreading the word that they would also provide relocation to a safe foreign country for any individual who claims the bounty as well as for his family and/or tribe. This could involve moving, housing, and supporting dozens of people. McGirk summarized it all as "a desperation move" reflecting the fact that "the trail has gone cold."

Gee, imagine what we'd be willing to do if Osama weren't (as the Bush administration constantly asserts) such an insignificant, impotent, trivial figure in the war on terrorism . . .