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Rubble doesn't make trouble
Derb on what the Pakistanis are doing in rebel-held territory.Rubble Doesn't Make Trouble (Cont.) Well, at least somebody gets it. The Pakistani army is going Roman on the Taliban, according to this report from Strategy Page. Most of the civilian population has fled, as trying to use civilians as human shields does not work against the Pakistani army [O]utsiders have conquered Bajaur before. Alexander the Great did it 2,500 years ago, and the Mongols did so 700 years ago. But in both cases, conquest was accomplished in the Roman fashion ( "they created a desert and called it peace.") [T]he army is going old-school on the Taliban, with most of the civilians fleeing, and any resistance getting blasted to rubble. When victory comes, it will be celebrated in a depopulated desert of rubble and empty homes. Hey, if it worked for Alexander and the Romans, it works for me. I only wish we had the guts to do it ourselves, as our fathers did over Germany and Japan, instead of bribing corrupt third-world gangsters with armies of illiterate peasant boys to do it for us while we strike moral poses and swoon in admiration of our own high-mindedness. Posted by: Zhang Fei 2008-11-03 |
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