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2006-01-16 India-Pakistan

US lethal âblunderâ threatens to undermine Musharraf

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Posted by lotp 2006-01-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 US lethal âblunderâ threatens to undermine Musharraf

I notice cnn [tube], has got their rat tails all over this story this morning. Perfect excuse to conviently line up all usual wipping boys for a sound beating.

'course I could be wrong and cnn and friends might fully develop the story and report on the terrorist madrasas and the nexus between the Pak tribal areas and terrorism. Or maybe even one of their stringers might actually report how many top echelon A-Q types collected their allotment of raisins.

..think?

Posted by Red Dog 2006-01-16 08:10|| 2006-01-16 08:10|| Front Page Top

#2 With Musharraf gone, would that mean we could attack the regions Al Queda lives in more often? At least we could openley back the Indian's in Kasmir.

Posted by plainslow 2006-01-16 08:38|| 2006-01-16 08:38|| Front Page Top

#3 ...With Musharraf gone and almost certainly replaced by an Islamonut, we could take the gloves off. Western Pakistan would no longer be a sanctuary that takes occasional strikes, it would be a free-fire zone.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-01-16 08:59|| 2006-01-16 08:59|| Front Page Top

#4 The only US "blunder" is keeping Perv afloat for the lat 5 years.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-01-16 10:34|| 2006-01-16 10:34|| Front Page Top

#5 I disagree. There's a strategy here that makes a lot of sense to me. Set up more or less stable governments in Iraq and Afghanistan, with troop presence in both countries. That pressures Iran and Syria. Improve relationships with India, including military ties. THEN if Perv has to go there's a good chance of containing the Islamofascists who are quite likely to replace him.

In other words, do what good military strategists always do: shape the battlefield.

Posted by lotp 2006-01-16 10:41|| 2006-01-16 10:41|| Front Page Top

#6 lotp,
I think that's what we've been doing.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al">Frozen Al 2006-01-16 11:05|| 2006-01-16 11:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Perv is a sterling example of what we need to get used to; the least worse choice.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-16 11:10|| 2006-01-16 11:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Yup, Perv is the tallest dwarf in the circus, he stays to the end.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-01-16 14:30|| 2006-01-16 14:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Perv is the tallest dwarf in the circus

Bwahahahaha! I'll be using that one in the future. Great line.

Posted by Zenster 2006-01-16 14:58|| 2006-01-16 14:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Pakistan has an endless supply of compliant, corrupt, whiskey drinking generals.
If Perv goes, others will fill his place.

No problem...

Posted by john 2006-01-16 15:15|| 2006-01-16 15:15|| Front Page Top

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