Soldiers burn O'Reilly books

Published: 21 October, 2011, 00:26


Afghanistan, ahri : US soldiers and Afghan security forces prepare their weapons and equipment. (AFP Photo / Romeo Gacad)

It gets awfully cold in the Afghan desert at night, and American troops need to sometimes take desperate measures to stay warm. One smart soldier in Afghanistan has stumbled on a trick, however: Bill O’Reilly’s book makes some damn good kindling.

An US soldier stationed oversees took to his Tumblr blog to tell the Web that donations of Bill O’Reilly’s book “Pinheads and Patriots,â€