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2004-05-20 Afghanistan/South Asia

Perv sez he's gonna crush al-Qaeda. Again.

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-05-20 11:09:23 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Didn't we hear this about three months ago? Or was it a couple years ago? I'm sure we'll hear it again in six or seven months. Is there anyone out there who believes this?

Posted by Dakotah 2004-05-20 12:04:02 PM|| 2004-05-20 12:04:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Drivel. Endless drivel from Musharraf. It's evident he no longer controls his military, government, or people. Or if he does, he's part of the complacency given towards the scum rat-holing in the bordering tribal villages. This includes the so-called "military forces" of Pakistan. If they can't pacify there own borders, what good are they as supposed "allies"?
Whatever carrot we (USA) are giving the Pakistan nation's leadership to aid us in this war against our enemies--well, it's time to withdraw it and do the job ourselves. Napalm, anyone?

Posted by TaleWeaver 2004-05-20 12:51:33 PM|| 2004-05-20 12:51:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 What's wrong with Rantburg? I had to come in a side door. If I enter the web address into MS IE says..."page can not be displayed"...same if I click on "today".

whassup? Hope everything is ok.

Posted by B 2004-05-20 1:10:23 PM|| 2004-05-20 1:10:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Musharraf's anti-terror drives seem to coincide with whenever there is an assassination attempt against him. Basically, it's CYA and not much else. Just look at the severe prosecution that Abdul Qadeer Khan faced for massive proliferation of nuclear technology. What was it, a slap on the wrist and a stern lecture?

As to this board being attacked, it plain sucks. Fred and the gang here seem to respect free speech rather well. I'll go so far as to say I represent an example of that. People who are unable to participate legitimately and instead seek to illicitly intervene are essentially criminals and fascists, regardless of their political stripe.

I hope Fred is able to identify those who have instigated this series of attacks and prosecute them in some way. The ISPs of those who are launching these attacks really need to know about the abuse of their operations. It is essentially a form of spam and not much else.

Posted by Zenster 2004-05-20 2:10:12 PM|| 2004-05-20 2:10:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 #3 B, me too, I thought I went missing in action for a bit there; had to amuse myself with algerian translations.
Back to the subject, (sort of); (un)-fortunately, the Wakis* in the west will have to either be sent home "en masse" or confined, a la WW2. I do not believe there is a Wakistani out there with whom I would entrust anything. Stop the money, charity, aid and benefits/housing. Maybe if the western{(?)!} Muslims explained to the folks back home that soon they will become The Most Hated people within their western societies, and that pretty soon none of them will have anything anywhere, they could start apologising.
*Waki, generic for "untrustworthy moonbatting lunatic, always scheming with delusions of grandeur, not to be trusted".

Posted by rhodesiafever 2004-05-20 2:43:04 PM|| 2004-05-20 2:43:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I think we try to respect free speech here (it occasionally gets out of hand and I suppose I've tried to step in once or twice, but hey, that awesome graphic on the front page says it all, eh?); I certainly have come to really enjoy the site - did before I started to post, in fact, and wouldn't want to see it go down for any reason.

Anyway, maybe if Musharraf keeps saying it enough, they'll just break down and give up . . .

Posted by The Doctor 2004-05-20 3:51:12 PM|| 2004-05-20 3:51:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 A big yawn for Perv from Nome.....SOS....

Posted by Alaska Paul in Nome 2004-05-20 3:59:40 PM|| 2004-05-20 3:59:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 but hey, that awesome graphic on the front page says it all ...

Yes it does, and I am obliged to supress a snigger whenever I see it. 'Tis one of the things that drew me into this donnybrook-posing-as-a-debate in the first place.

Posted by Zenster 2004-05-20 9:50:23 PM|| 2004-05-20 9:50:23 PM|| Front Page Top

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