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| No better ally for US than Musharraf: ex-CIA official |
| 2007-01-01 |
| Islamabad, Jan. 1 (PTI): A former Central Intelligence Agency official has alleged the United States seldom had an ally like Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who has been more than willing to further its interests. The former head of the CIA unit for tracking Osama bin Laden, Michael Scheuer, said the steps taken by Musharraf to help the US in Afghanistan were not in "Pakistan's interests". "The truth is that virtually none of the many things Musharraf has done to assist the US in Afghanistan has been in Pakistan's national interest. By sending the Pakistani Army into the Pashtun regions he brought his country to the brink of civil war," he told the Daily Times. He said it was wrong for the US to assume that Musharraf's Pakistan was an "American proxy" with national-security interests mirroring those it had. In future, when America's "defeat" in Afghanistan will be apparent, and if he survived, Musharraf will reflect on his relationship with President Bush and say - as President Lincoln said about Union General McClellan - "Poor George, I did all I could to help him, but he proved unable to do anything to help himself," the former CIA official said. He claimed that US and NATO forces in Afghanistan would ultimately face defeat and the Karzai government would fall. "By failing to accomplish the only mission that had to be accomplished in Afghanistan, the US is now faced with a growing insurgency that probably already outnumbered the combined US-NATO force," Scheuer said. |
| Posted by:john |
| #7 A former Central Intelligence Agency official Enough said. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-01-01 23:40 |
| #6 There may be "no better" ally, but he still ain't worth sh*t |
| Posted by: Clomotle Sniper9712 2007-01-01 16:58 |
| #5 OP: Scheuer is a self-agrandizing fool that has about as much credibility in foreign affairs as Lucy van Pelt. Please don't knock Lucy. What she made crystal was that every time it looks like you have a clear shot, someone will take the ball away. In contrast, all Scheuer has to offer is a bunch of meandering, incoherent observations of zero predictive value. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2007-01-01 15:52 |
| #4 I can think of quite a number of people that are better allies for the US than Musharrif: Stephen Harper of Canada, John Howard of Australia, Tony Blair of Great Britain, and President Abe (and his replacement) of Japan. Even the government of India is a better ally than the government of Pakistan. Scheuer is a self-agrandizing fool that has about as much credibility in foreign affairs as Lucy van Pelt. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-01-01 15:30 |
| #3 JHC, the Pervert is no friend of US. Just a typical two-faced muzzie. The CIA is a running joke. FU VietNam ,Cuba and now Iraq. Disband these bunch of jokers. |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2007-01-01 12:00 |
| #2 CIA? What have they gotten right? If they told me it was gonna be sunny out today, I'd take an umbrella. |
| Posted by: Mark E. 2007-01-01 11:12 |
| #1 Even if I believe this about Perv, it does not follow that Pakiland itself is an ally. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2007-01-01 11:09 |