HI Bob,

On Sat 2039-Jan-01 23:28, BOB KLAHN (1:123/140) wrote to RICHARD WEBB:



 RW> Readers of other FIdonet echoes of this type will recall a
 RW> heated debate over disaster aid and preparedness in another
 RW> echo I was involved in.  A person essentially on the other
 RW> side of many of the issues asked why no concern over the
 RW> flooding and natural disasters in Pakistan.

 RW> Then I stated that with the TAliban and Al Qaeda getting
 RW> tacit support from the Pakistani government I saw no reason
 RW> that we should put one dime's worth of aid in their hands,
 RW> and would still say the same.

BK>  Yet, the plan should be to undermine the Taliban and the
BK>  Pakistani govt. An awful lot of Pakistanis don't like the
BK>  Taliban, or Al Qaeda, or their govt. We need to make use of  those
BK> facts.

INdeed, but as long as we speak with forked tongue on the
issue I'm not for putting one dime's worth of food aid or
any other type of aid in their hands.  tHose aid workers
should be backed up with well armed well trained troops, and they should let
them know in ISlamabad that an attack on aid workers has immediate
consequences for senior government
officials.

 RW> I applaud the U.N. relief agencies' decision.
 RW> I truly believe that the U.N. relief workers should be
 RW> evacuated post haste, and all the food stocks and other
 RW> materials which cannot be taken out with them should be
 RW> destroyed.

BK>  Uhh... innocent people will die. Remember, Al Qaeda kills more 
BK> Muslims than non-Muslims. And every time they attack they make  more
BK> enemies. I do believe a lot of Pakistanis died in that  attack,
BK> didn't they?

INdeed, but the messages are too mixed.  that government is
no friend of ours, and no real friend of the international
community.  sO, innocent people will die.  I'm truly sorry
about that, but we can't help them unless we're willing to
kick some posterior now and worry about taking names later,
and that includes the Pakistani government.

BK>  Remember, when the USSR pulled out of Afghanistan they didn't 
BK> settle back and rest, they expanded.

And they will continue to do just that until we get the
gumption to do it right.  But then I don't expect we will.
I'm still waiting to see that freedom for KUwait we fought
for ya know.  LEt's either do it right, or bring the young
men and women home.

IF nothing else there's always that big water control
project in INdia.  WE can defend it with troops and tell the folks in
ISlamabad that we'll shut off the tap unless they
stfu and do as they're told.  sO more innocent people will
die.  CAn't make an omelet and all those other nice cliches. IT's time to get
serious about the radical fundamentalism
problem, and that's a good place to start, because that's
the biggest danger right now.  so long as the government in
ISlambad permits the Qaedas to operate freely they should be considered a
rogue state, and treated accordingly.

BK> ... If Jesus was Jewish, why did they give him a Mexican name? ---



Regards,
           Richard
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