In a show of force an Afghani Special Ops trainee shows the first lady his staff. Upon graduation the soldier will receive a tramp stamp tattoo and a pair of Army surplus boots.

Laura Bush thought bubble: "THIS is what we have to show for our efforts here?!?!?!?!. Christ, I might wipe this smile off my face and kick his ass right here and now"

Laura Bush "That's sweet haka boy...but didn't anyone tell you not to bring a stick to a gunfight?"

Life after the White House: Former first lady Laura Bush keeps busy with Ultimate Fighting. The former president? Still looking.

Well, Ma'am. We don't have a flag yet. We just go through the motions till we get one.

Laura: Is that a stick, or are you just happy to see me?

Laura thinking: "I'm glad I found this matching scarf before the bazaar blew up."

How the Surge really works.

Weapon of mass destruction.

Americans will watch anything.

NEXT!

War costs have really cut into the entertainment budget.

"Laura? Oh I thought you meant the other First Lady."

General: In an attack, he would stop at nothing to protect you.

Laura: Oh, woody!...er...Oh, would he?

"Hi. I'm Laura. I have liberated the pant suit. No longer Hillary's. Just plain American (and some of Europe). Of course, the rest of the world is still in the dark ages."

Laura Bush helps jury the first All-Afghani High School Cheerleaders of Kabul semi-finals.

Hmmm, would ninjas trump snipers?

Laura: "I'll be damned! Pole Dancing by half naked men! Afghanistan is SO cool!!"

See! See! There are hobbits in New Zealand! Look at the size of those three "people" compared to the guy standing behind them or that truck in the background. That's why Peter Jackson filmed LOTR there.

Sadly, as this image captured, not all the old Soviet Union land mines had been cleared from the area.

Kiwii want to play.

"I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot po-well helllooo."

Laura: I can't wait to get back home and get George to try this out in his skivvies!

Note to self: Vacation 2009...I'm thinking New Zealand.

Howdy Dean formally unveils the DNC's campaign strategy, for wooing Southern white voters.

No longer satisfied with kicking sand on 98-pound weaklings, Butch begins to pick on retired librarians.

When you can row your canoe down a dry lake bed Kwai Chang, without disturbing the pebbles. Will it be time for you to leave.

What happens in Afghanistan .... stays in Afghanistan.