Friday, July 13, 2007
"Pakistan is a Motel 6 for terrorists" Democrats say
Rep. Jim Cooper, a Tennessee Democrat, said Osama bin-Laden and other terrorist leaders apparently feel safe in Pakistan. "Is this a Motel 6 for terrorists?" he asked.
National security officials are frustrated by an agreement last year between Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and tribal leaders in western Pakistan, which gave tribes near the Afghan border greater autonomy and has led to increased al-Qaida activity in the region. Nevertheless, Bush administration officials still view Musharraf as a partner.
The Taliban have much positive to say to the Pakistan people from the viewpoint of religion and faith. And yet their strong tactics and often divisive religious policies are not the most useful and successful way of sorting out problems, and have led to needless bloodshed and loss of life. Unfortunately the US nowadays seem to use Taliban methods. "In the 20th Century a country's might was too often measured in what they could destroy. In the 21st Century strength should be measured by what we can build together," UK Cabinet Minister Douglas Alexander said.
IMO: Perhaps it is now time for decent God fearing people to consider the problems in both (Bushian) US and Taliban methods. Those who are not decent God fearing people may well take the same view. Punjabistan canot reassert meaningful power over Waziristan using existing methods in my estimate, without much more funding than the US or the Saudis will give.
National security officials are frustrated by an agreement last year between Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and tribal leaders in western Pakistan, which gave tribes near the Afghan border greater autonomy and has led to increased al-Qaida activity in the region. Nevertheless, Bush administration officials still view Musharraf as a partner.
The Taliban have much positive to say to the Pakistan people from the viewpoint of religion and faith. And yet their strong tactics and often divisive religious policies are not the most useful and successful way of sorting out problems, and have led to needless bloodshed and loss of life. Unfortunately the US nowadays seem to use Taliban methods. "In the 20th Century a country's might was too often measured in what they could destroy. In the 21st Century strength should be measured by what we can build together," UK Cabinet Minister Douglas Alexander said.
IMO: Perhaps it is now time for decent God fearing people to consider the problems in both (Bushian) US and Taliban methods. Those who are not decent God fearing people may well take the same view. Punjabistan canot reassert meaningful power over Waziristan using existing methods in my estimate, without much more funding than the US or the Saudis will give.
# posted by uv : 3:54 AM
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