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2008-02-18 India-Pakistan

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Posted by John Frum 2008-02-18 09:49|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 Flour shortage? Hmmm. Bulk carriers are lined up in the river here, waiting to load. Guess they're not going to Pakistan. I bet you could swap some nukes for them though - care to try?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-02-18 12:42|| 2008-02-18 12:42|| Front Page Top

#2 The grass in the title refers to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's (Benazir's father) famous comment in 1965 (after Pakistan's defeat by India in the war earlier that year) that "We will eat grass" in order to get the atomic bomb.

Posted by John Frum 2008-02-18 13:33|| 2008-02-18 13:33|| Front Page Top

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