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2002-07-29 Southeast Asia

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-07-29 11:56 am|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Mr. Vice President:
After Zia put shariah injustice into Pakistan's constitution, to pander to Jamaat-i-Islami pigs, the economy stagnated, rape became defacto legal, "holy warrior" (jihadi) parasites polluted the country's streets, the Inter-Services Intelligence agency began taking nominal "orders" directly from "allah", and 70% of the State budget went to the military. Americans are becoming increasingly aware that GW Bush's nominal counter-terror alliance with the terror State of Pakistan, is nothing but failed surrogate panderage to the US President's Arab benefactors. If Indonesia goes Islamist, your treasury can suck foreign aid out of the Kabba stone.

Posted by RG Fulton 2002-07-29 12:27:37|| 2002-07-29 12:27:37|| Front Page Top

#2 More to the point, the Jakarta politicos seem intent on rearranging the deck chairs as the ship of state hits icebergs in Borneo and Sumatra. Like the situation in the Congo under Mobutu, things will suddenly get worse for Haz and buddies in ways they wished they had prevented, starting with the need for an effective Army under civilian control.

Posted by Tom Roberts 2002-07-29 15:39:25|| 2002-07-29 15:39:25|| Front Page Top

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