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2003-04-13 Afghanistan

New group says behind Afghan rocket attacks

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-04-13 11:58 am|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fred---I am sure that these discussions are going on in the White House and the Pentagon. I think it may be a question of timing. I hope that we deal with this soon, or Afghanistan will become a Quagmire (TM).

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-04-13 12:01:34|| 2003-04-13 12:01:34|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope they realize the solution doesn't lie in Afghanistan.

Posted by Fred 2003-04-13 12:07:23|| 2003-04-13 12:07:23|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm sure India would be more than happy to help out here.

Posted by rg117 2003-04-13 12:33:53|| 2003-04-13 12:33:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Most of my Indian friends are divided over this, in the manner typical of so many third-worlders I know. While they are all opposed to the Iraq war and the WoT in general, they are almost blase about the prospect of losing a couple of cities in exchange for wiping out the "Paki bastards." I can never figure some folks out.

Posted by 11A5S 2003-04-13 17:39:35|| 2003-04-13 17:39:35|| Front Page Top

#5 11A5S,
As somebody of India origin living in the UK I can tell that there is a very different mentality of people there with respect to the cost of life. Sure every body goes boo hoo whenever somebody is killed, but they take no action to prevent it in the first place.
India has a population of over 1 billion with much of it living in pretty dire condition. People there just see this as normality. When I read on a daily basis that another person has been killed in Kashmir by Paki terrorist I just wonder why the Indian government puts such low value on the lives of these people. They treat seem to treat the military as cheap expendable labour, if one gets killed there are plenty spare.
WRT Indians being againt the WoT, I think its because this war completely ignores the terrorist threat to India which is from Pakland. Indians see the US turning a blind eye to Pak sponsored terror in India and frankly feel pissed off at the US and the whole situation.

Posted by rg117 2003-04-13 18:42:47|| 2003-04-13 18:42:47|| Front Page Top

#6 I think the Kashmir problem is just a symptom of Pakland as a problem, just like Afghanistan is. If Iran wasn't a power in its own right, they'd have more of a problem oozing over from Balochistan, too. As it is, it's mostly drugs, banditti, white slavers, and other undesirables. Pakistan was lucky in that when 9-11 happened there was no other way to get into Afghanistan. That set the stage for them to be our "best friends" in the area. We needed their help, and we phrased the request in sufficiently hair-raising terms that they knew they were gonna get it with Afghanistan if they didn't give it.

We've been pointing out their two-faced ways and mocking their ignorance and brutality here for a year and a half. Using only open-source information, anybody who reads these pages regularly can come to no other conclusion than that Pakistan promotes terrorism not only within Kashmir and India proper, but also in Afghanistan, and also world-wide. Everywhere there are atrocities to be found, Pak thugs are to be found. Imagine what picture the intel reports must be painting.

I think India's taking our "one step at a time" approach as ignoring the Pak problem. The Paks aren't. They're scared to death they're next on the list (they're not - Syria is - but they're on the list). With each successful move against the terror machine, the subsequent moves become easier - look at today's Rantburg headline and yesterday's. The countries on the list have the opportunity to reform, to become what they pretend to be instead of what they really are. Iran's making steps in that direction, Syria's sticking its chin out and screaming "hit me." The Pak fundos are doing the same thing, even while Perv is smart enough to realize that if they don't stop, they're going to get whacked.

The fundo world is still counting on the mighty ummah to come to the defense of these Islamic hellholes. Mullah Omar called for jihad to save his regime, and it didn't work. Sammy called for jihad to save his regime, and it didn't work. All it got them was Pak gunnies to be slaughtered in the first case, Syrian gunnies in the second case. We took Afghanistan in a month, Iraq in three weeks. When it's Syria's turn in the barrel it'll take two weeks. Eventually, it'll sink through the dense Islamic bone that when they're in the sights, the regime's going to come down, so it'll be better to reform than to be reformed.

Pakland's disadvantage is being an Islamic state populated by primitives. But their turn will come on the list. It'll be complicated by their nukes, but they'll be dealt with. I also have to qualify that by saying that they'll get their turn on the list if Hafiz Saeed doesn't manage to set off a nuclear war between Pak and India before then. If that happens, the place will make a nice, if slightly radioactive, parking lot, and I'm sure India will feel very sorry after it's all over. Civilized people always do when they're forced to do terrible things.

Posted by Fred 2003-04-13 19:39:29|| 2003-04-13 19:39:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Pak as terror central? Hmmmmm. Check with the Philippines.

Interesting news day today, Fred. Good work. Tomorrow should have some fireworks.

Posted by Scott 2003-04-14 00:26:34|| 2003-04-14 00:26:34|| Front Page Top

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