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2006-07-13 Afghanistan

Police arrest man planting bomb (Afghanistan)

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Posted by phil_b 2006-07-13 06:01|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Bombs in India. Bombs in Afghanistan. What do they have in common. Shared a border with Pakistan.

Why does our government in seeming blindness appear to ignore the Pakistani links with terror all around the world? Making the choice to reward Pakistan's lack of real action against terror and known nuclear proliferation.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-07-13 06:58|| 2006-07-13 06:58|| Front Page Top

#2 SPOD:
Pakistan's links to terrorism are not being ignored, though it may look that way. There are several good reasons for the non-confrontational approach.
1) The official Pakistan government position supports our efforts.
2) We would make more enemies than allies, internationally and within Pakistan, with a more confrontational approach.
3) We don't have the resources, military or political, to 'win' a confrontation with Pakistan.
4) We cannot support the fight in Afghanistan without at least passive cooperation with Pakistan.
5) Pakistan has nukes, and at least so far seems to have been effectively keeping them out of the hands of the Islamofascists.
6) There really is a significant part of the Pakistani population that is pretty reasonable.
We 'pressure' Pakistan in some pretty significant ways - nuclear technology transfer agreements with India and arms sales to India are major. Something is making Mushie expend resources in the NWF - not real effectively, but not totally 'fake' either, and against substantial internal opposition (ISI). And opposition to our forays across the border from Afghanistan have been nothing more than the internally-necessary verbage.
In summary, Bush recognizes the role of segments within Pakistan in the Islamofascist War; they are not being ignored; there are good reasons (one can argue whether they are sufficiently good reasons, but that's a different discussion) why more action is not being taken; and there is almost certainly more 'action' being taken than the NYT has told you about yet.

Posted by glenmore">glenmore 2006-07-13 07:30|| 2006-07-13 07:30|| Front Page Top

#3 1) The official Pakistan government position supports our efforts.

In public. Mushy's still dictator of a nation that named itself "Land of the Pure", and after his coup among the bits of the Paki Constitution that were re-instated were the bits declaring sharia the law of the land.

6) There really is a significant part of the Pakistani population that is pretty reasonable.

Uh-huh. Which is why "every store in every market has a collection box for LeT", as a recent story put it.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-07-13 07:51|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-07-13 07:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Pakistan has nukes, and at least so far seems to have been effectively keeping them out of the hands of the Islamofascists.

So far. And when they do get their mits on them will we regret not having dealt with them more firmly. They are doing exactly as instructed by the Koran - tell the infidel one thing whilst doing another. Time to take the thumb out of our collective butt and wipe Wazoostan off the map village by village.

Posted by Howard UK 2006-07-13 08:05|| 2006-07-13 08:05|| Front Page Top

#5 or madrassa by madrassa

Posted by Howard UK 2006-07-13 08:06|| 2006-07-13 08:06|| Front Page Top

#6 arrested? Strap it to him, take him to an open field and set em off

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-07-13 08:37|| 2006-07-13 08:37|| Front Page Top

#7 "Hallo hallo, wot's all this then?"

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-07-13 10:34|| 2006-07-13 10:34|| Front Page Top

#8 "or madrassa by madrassa"

With the children inside! Don't forget that part.

H.A.L., are you out there?

-M

Posted by Manolo 2006-07-13 19:04|| 2006-07-13 19:04|| Front Page Top

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