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 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.

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

 OH, now that I can see the point of. Though... if the reason for
 the invasion of Iraq was to bring freedom to the Iraqis, the
 current rational of the right, then why not bring freedom to the
 people of Pakistan?

 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?

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

 Oh, you already said that.

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

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

 Yeah... we are patient, waitind for 20 years for that freedom
 for Kuwait. OTOH, some truth might make the waiting easier.
 Wikileaks, where are you when we need you?

 RW> IF nothing else there's always that big water control
 RW> project in INdia.  WE can defend it with troops and tell
 RW> the folks in ISlamabad that we'll shut off the tap unless
 RW> they stfu and do as they're told.  sO more innocent people
 RW> will die.  CAn't make an omelet and all those other nice

 Maybe just do some precision surgery of the Pakistan
 intelligence service.

 RW> cliches. IT's time to get serious about the radical
 RW> fundamentalism problem, and that's a good place to start,

 IF we are going to get serious about terrorism, the best place
 to start is Saudi Arabia. But you already know that.

 RW> because that's the biggest danger right now.  so long as
 RW> the government in ISlambad permits the Qaedas to operate
 RW> freely they should be considered a rogue state, and treated
 RW> accordingly.

 More like a failed state. Or a failed state in the process of
 failing.

 OTOH, we need to rein in India's nuke activities also. Damn so
 much we need to do.



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