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2008-10-04 India-Pakistan

Spain: Confidential report says Pakistan intelligence agency aided Taliban

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 Nothing confidential about it, Spain. Everybody ~~with two brain cells~~ knows.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-04 00:30|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-10-04 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Everybody with two brain cells

What do you mean by that?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-10-04 06:11|| 2008-10-04 06:11|| Front Page Top

#3 The difference is that Spain does not have the primary responsibility to maintain a supply route through Pakistan to Afghanistan, nor do they have to worry about Pakistan's nuclear weapons should the current government collapse.

In diplomacy, one often has to deliberately and publicly overlook transgressions, mistakes and lapses by another nation. Like selling sensitive fighter technology to China, for example.

Posted by Milton Fandango 2008-10-04 15:00|| 2008-10-04 15:00|| Front Page Top

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