Crunch Time in Pakistan

Pajamas Media ^ | Oct 22, 2007 | Bill Roggio

[quant5]

Some of the 11 B spent on Pakistan was very well worth the money to keep the nuclear stockpile under Musharref’s hand. However, seeing some of the 11 B spent to bribe Taliban tribal leaders whom used the funds to increase attacks in Afghanistan is VERY disturbing.

President Bush, can you please stop listening to Condi Rice about radical Islam now? Islam is not a religion of peace. We cannot negotiate peace in controlled areas such as Gaza/West Bank, Iran or Northern Wazirihistan. And enough pandering to Saudi Arabia who is STILL funding global jihad.

[G8 Diplomat]

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[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Musharaff is far from being a perfect leader, but would consider him to fall on the 'ally' side of the fence. He's almost definitely more useful for the United States than if Pakistan was allowed to vote an islamofascist government into office.

Just as in the Cold War, sometimes a dictatorship should be supported over a democratic, but hostile, government with the mandate of the people. And Musharaff doesn't seem to be nearly as selfishly corrupt as the the Latin American and other dictators the United States supported in the latter half of last century. He doesn't appear to be grafting the treasury for his own gain.

So, hopefully this Musharaff/Bhutto partnership will work out. Musharaff will serve to stabilize the country while Bhutto hopefully change the nation's outlook on life and slowly lead Pakistan to a safe 'democracy' (representative government).

[swarthyguy]

>>this effort must be led by the Pakistani government itself,

LOLOLOL! Delusional thinking.

Best bet is a solid multifaceted civil war, jihadis against secularists, Sunni Vs Shia, and even better, a split in the army with different army corps facing off against each other With Rawalpindi and Lahore resembling Baghdad or Beirut of the 80’s.

Now, it’s been 6 years plus since our vaunted ally has been showered with accolades, money and arms. Sssh, don’t tell anyone, but it’s probably US dollars financing those slick videotapes that we see. Osama’s been getting a nice chunk of money to finance his living - hey you think it’s cheap having an entourage like that? not to mention that effing dialysis machine we hear nothing about now, LOL!

Musharraf is the guy who spearheaded the takeover of Afghanistan by the Talibs.

He’s protected Osama all these years.

Would Vegas even have given odds on 9-12-01 that Osama would be free after 6 years of a war on a tactic? LOL!