YOUR 15 MINUTES: Gettin' High and Fightin' War

Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy -- almost impenetrable forests of marijuana plants 10 feet tall. General Rick Hillier, chief of the Canadian defense staff, said Thursday that Taliban fighters were using the forests as cover. In response, the crew of at least one armored car had camouflaged their vehicle with marijuana. Crafty.They tried burning the plants but they wouldn't burn because they were retaining too much water at this point in time. Of course, a couple of brown plants on the edges of some of those forests did catch on fire but a section of soldiers that was downwind from that had some 'ill effects" (aka "got stoned off their asses.) One soldier said: "Three years ago before I joined the army, I never thought I'd say 'That damn marijuana'."

Woo Hoo! Who knew war could be so much fun? [source]