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By: PoliGazette » Did We Just Win a War?

PoliGazette » Did We Just Win a War? — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:25:25 +0000

[...] seems now that the new(ish) semi-government of Pakistan will continue taking a hands-off approach to the tribal regions. Which means that [...]

By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » Did We Just Win a War?

Donklephant » Blog Archive » Did We Just Win a War? — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:11:35 +0000

[...] seems now that the new(ish) semi-government of Pakistan will continue taking a hands-off approach to the tribal regions. Which means that [...]

By: shell234

shell234 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:32:26 +0000

i did not even read this thing and i love it

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By: The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Eye on the Watcher’s Council

The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Eye on the Watcher’s Council — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:16:34 +0000

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By: Maggie's Farm

Maggie's Farm — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:45:39 +0000

Monday Morning Links…

Wolf shot in the Berkshires. I missed that story.Those sophisticated Europeans. Am. Thinker. You need to see trees to get better. No doubt. Works for me every time.Pakistan. A turn in the road. And now they are tops in suicide bombers. How pleasant …

By: Drongo

Drongo — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:00:25 +0000

“Is it your position that a coup by a combination army and extremist parties is out of the question?”

No, it is that the idea of Bin Laden being in charge of Pakistan is laughable. Sure, it is possible that extremists might stage a coup (an unpopular coup, it is worth noting) but the idea that they would hand over their nukes to Bin Laden is absurd.

“The point is simple; the more power the extremists get the more dangerous for Pakistan.”

Undoubtedly true, but not all extremists are the same.

“And all bets are off if we invade in order to deal with the Taliban ourselves.”

That would certainly be madness.

By: Drongo

Drongo — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:07:57 +0000

“Just out of curiosity, what’s to prevent a coup? ”

The fact that the army does not seem to want Al-Q to run their country? Elements of it also obviously do not want a pro-American government, of course.

“And what does “popular opinion” have to do with anything when it comes to an AQ-Taliban takeover?”

It just illustrates what rank paranoia the idea of Bin Laden running Pakistan is. It is never going to happen. Everytime Al-Q has come close to having any form of formal political power, it has so revolted the populace at large that they rejected them. The same would happen in Pakistan.

Is it your position that a coup by a combination army and extremist parties is out of the question? Check out some of the bozos who were in Musharraf’s “coalition” during the last election. What dragged them down more than anything else was hatred of Musharraf. Those parties won a majority in the elections of 2004 (rigged of course and with the some other parties boycotting).

The point is simple; the more power the extremists get the more dangerous for Pakistan. And all bets are off if we invade in order to deal with the Taliban ourselves.

ed.

By: Ron Beasley

Ron Beasley — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:13:43 +0000

Rick
You made your first mistake in the first sentence:
“The United States number one ally in the War on Terror”
Musharraf was never an ally in the war on terror - he only played one on TV. He said all the right things to keep the money flowing in from the Bush administration. Pakistan has been talking to these people all along, the only thing that has changed is that the new people are less willing to say what we want to hear.

By: Drongo

Drongo — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:21:46 +0000

“But in the long term, any agreement signed by the government will only strengthen the extremists and bring them closer to Osama Bin Ladenâ€™s goal of taking over the Pakistani government â€“ a government that possesses the ultimate weapon against cartoons that insult Islam and those who publish them.”

But the recent elections have shown how feeble the poular support for the Islamic extremists is in the country. I don’t see how this goes;

1) Agreement with Taliban in Waziristan
2) …
3) Population of Pakistan decides that extremist Islam is the way to go.

I consider the idea of a nuclear armed Al-Q to be as apocalyptic as you do, and they would almost certainly use it if they could, but where does popular opinion fit in with the “Pakistan run by Bin Laden” scenario?

PML-N is not “moderate” by any means. There are elements of Sharif’s party that are sympathetic to the Taliban. And the vote does not reflect that sympathy for the Taliban and AQ in the ISI or in the lower ranks of the army for that matter.

Just out of curiosity, what’s to prevent a coup? And what does “popular opinion” have to do with anything when it comes to an AQ-Taliban takeover?

ed.

By: Pamela Reece

Pamela Reece — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:00:47 +0000

If something doesn’t change within Pakistan, and I mean soon, Americans better wake up and smell the poppies. If not, they’d better get used to it because it may very well be the next agricultural giant of the world. Even more frightening, is it will be run by the war lords of al-Qaeada, and it’s leader, Bin Laden.