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The Pakistani Pit of Deception
By Alan Caruba
For 34 of its 64 years, Pakistan has been run by generals whose military intelligence presumably works in league with its Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI), though both have their own agendas. It is unlikely that much civilian control over either exists.
Almeida wrote, “If we didn’t know, we are a failed state; if we did know, we are a rogue state. But does anyone believe they didn’t know?”
What Price Indeed?
If the United States of America has learned anything from the war in Afghanistan, it must be that when America attempts to impose a one-size-fits-all “democracy” not shared by alien cultures, that ideology may not be compatible with the national psyche of that alien culture slated for change. Tribal societies owe allegiance to the warlord and the so-called “nation” of Afghanistan exists only to the outskirts of Kabul.
Obamination: Ignoble Prize
Some of those young men will die because of idiotic rules of engagement which you imposed upon them. The relationship between war and peace is that of polar opposites. Replacing peace with war is relatively easy, replacing war with peace requires victory; an overwhelming victory that breaks the will of the aggressor so that they will not soon repeat their imperialistic adventure.
Obamination: Wasting More Blood and Treasure in Afghanistan
The terrorist network is Islam. It consists of every Mosque, Madrassa & Muslim wheresoever dispersed over the face of the earth. Destroying al-Qaeda is not possible without destroying Islam! No effort is being made to accomplish that necessary objective.
Obama’s War
The latest report from Kabul is that the International Security Assistance Force, established by the United Nations in 2001, now numbers about 55,000 troops of which nearly half are U.S. military. If it cannot even secure Kabul, what are the odds it can have any success throughout some of the worst terrain for battle to be found anywhere in the world?
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