That Viking spirit

A new laddie magazine in Norway sent a reporter to Afghanistan and came back  quoting a Norwegian soldier who thought killing Taliban soldiers was better than sex. Since Norway's government has been pretending that its mission in Afghanistan is to build schools and clinics, the account of rowdy Viking youths firing guns has caused a political furor just over a week before the Nobel Peace Prize is announced here. A little perspective was gained yesterday with reports of American soldiers on trial for killing random Afghans and collecting body parts as trophies. Time to bring the boys home, maybe?