Posted on 12/27/2007 11:33:34 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
My thoughts exactly
They are afraid that this portends the beginning of a wider war, much like the assassination of the Arch Duke started WWI. Could be, but I doubt it. I think this is going to be mainly internal to Pakistan. The only ways I can see it spreading is if Pakistan uses its nukes, or this is a diversion for a bigger plot that AQ has planned somewhere else, as they’ve done before.
They are already out saying Bush did it on the left wing blogs.
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
OR that Mastermind Rove — he’s still pulling the strings, doncha know?!
Come on, a Moslem is dead and you think that Bush did it?! Geez, doncha know that its the...JOOOOOOZ!
Last Updated: Saturday, 29 April 2006, 07:12 GMT 08:12 UK
Pakistan stages new missile test
It is the second time the missile has been successfully tested
Pakistan has successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile with a range of 2,000km (1,250 miles), the Pakistani military has said.
BBC 29 April 2006
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Bush hasn’t been silent.
This "who, who" nonsense is so ridiculous. Just go murder the SOBs, everyone knows who they are. See Waziristan...
Even in Pakistan you have people who get angry at this sort of thing and what this does is pry those non-radical elements from those who are the crazies within the Islamic world. AQ and other radical groups benefit from a high degree of support and sympathy in MOST the Islamic world. This sort of event pulls this support out from underneath their feet. -IMHO
I’m betting DU has plenty of that already, but I’m not linking to those psychos.
But true!
How about instead sending B-52s from Diego to Waziristan, plus a brigade or so down from Afghanistan by helo? If Mu so much as raises an eyebrow, toss him to the angry mobs.
We will no doubt play this as another round of inside baseball with the ISI, and get another sore backside for our pains. When the truth is, right now, an arclight would be downright popular. Or forty.
As for the whoever did this talk, um, there are already men taking credit. If they are lying, so what? There wanting it to happen or being please about it, is reason enough to reduce them to atoms.
That’s what I said this morning.
But Bhutto's threat to move on Waziristan was only that - she hadn't any power to make good on it and might not have for some time to come. I don't think this action was as much to forestall that as it was to enlarge the arena of violence throughout Pakistan in the hopes that the al Qaeda sanctuaries would thereby diminish in importance. Given the role of nuclear weaponry in that debate, it may have worked.
I say it was Mr. Plum in the Kitchen with a candlestick.
I understand from another thread that Wolf Blitzer is blaming Mushariff based on a “secret e-mail” from Bhuto. This is the equivalent of openly blaming LBJ for JFK’s death before the dust settled. Totally irresponsible.
Musharraf had to allow Bhutto into the country because of the political pressure. Besides, if he wanted to kill her it’s much easier to do in Pakistan. I think by initially placing her under house arrest he sent her a message that she is safe only behind the walls and she is free to leave the country. With regard to AQ vs. ISI they are close allies even despite the purges that Musharraf tried earlier. All in all, Bhutto had too many enemies.
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