It Might Cause Bad Press?

 

1. You are absolutely correct, Skipper. They’re worse than animals.

   Let’s face it though, it was easier to create this “ally” fiction than it was to invade Pakistan on the way to invading Afghanistan.

   Pakistan went along with it because they saw the writing on the wall. I don’t think they would have wanted to sacrifice their military forces in repelling the angry giant to defend Afghanistan. They’d have lost their entire air force, for sure, and with their continuing situation with India they just couldn’t afford that.

   When aircraft carrier battlegroups show up off of your coast, you pay attention and listen to what you’re being told requested to do consider.

   It’s really a matter of geography. Here’s a map.

   We also buddied up to Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan for a similar reason. We wanted bases there to use to stage assaults on Afghanistan.

   I don’t think that in the normal course of events we’d have become as close as we presently are to those countries either. Some or all of those are more or less whacked out Islamic dictatorships too.

   But you knew all that. Their day will come and woe unto them then.

   Posted by StinKerr       06/13/2005  at  10:56 AM  



2. Where’s Amnesty International on THIS one!@?!@?

   Posted by Colonel98       06/13/2005  at  11:50 AM  



3. Have the heroines of NOW commented on this?  Where are the so numerous human shields who wish to protect the week against the actions of the abusive?

   As long as it doesn’t involve Americans, the usual suspects could care less.

   Posted by MAJ Mike       06/13/2005  at  04:39 PM  



4. I can only comment on my personal experiences in Pakistan. Our battlegroup stopped in Karachi in 1986. They wouldn’t let us anchor in the harbor itself, so ‘watertaxis’ were provided.

   Did I mention that the Soviets had been there the week before?

   We were made to feel welcome. We, the Americans, had money. The Soviets didn’t. I enjoyed walking the streets of Karachi, haggling over purchases in the carpet and woodworking streets. I even enjoyed the dangerous transfer of my purchases to the ship.

   I even attended a movie in Karachi. It was called The Pydramid of Death Here in the States it was called Young Sherlock Holmes.

   I remember most buying rugs. I entered the rug merchant’s store and waited politely for him to finish prayers. I’m sure that a lawsuit would be filed in the USA for conducting prayers in front of a customer.

   After prayers mine host was very attentive, rolling out rug after rug. I finally picked five (one for me, the others as gifts) then we sat down to haggle.

   My point is don’t paint the whole country over this incident, tragic as it is. Pakistan is a dual state: Islam and Hindu and a smattering of Christian. Very difficult to forge a nation out of that mix.

   Posted by Christopher       06/14/2005  at  11:44 AM  

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