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2003-04-13 India-Pakistan

Pakistan rejects U.S envoy remarks on Taliban re-grouping

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-04-13 01:02 pm|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I saw Mike Wallace interview the Shah of Iran decades ago on 60 minutes. In the interview, Wallace asked about the followng incident: the Shah, in a conversation with the Soviet Ambassador, had accused the Soviets of overflights of Iran with their spy planes. Nonsense, the Ambassador replied, we know nothing of such flights. Then, the Shah replied, since you don't know about these planes, you won't mind if we shoot them down. The Ambassador's face froze. The flights stopped.

Wallace asked the Shah if the story was true. The Shah smiled.

I suggest we use a similar strategy in Afghanistan to deal with the Paks: if they deny that their people are coming across the border, than surely they won't mind if we and the Karzai govt troops kill the intruders. We can smile when we say it.

Posted by Steve White 2003-04-13 14:44:43|| 2003-04-13 14:44:43|| Front Page Top

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