[darkwing104]

Had Pakistan known of the bin Laden raid, before hand, he wouldn't of have been there...Who in the hell you think provides aid, comfort, and protection to al Qadea and the Taliban?

I figure the raid was so quick and unexpected that internal security forces didn't have time to react.

[kalee]

Interesting, thanks for posting.

[Steel Wolf]

It's an interesting theory, but irrelevant. Who cares about the potentially deft diplomatic sidestep that may have occurred when the raid went down, if the overall thrust of the theory is that Pakistan was shielding Bin Laden?

That's clever politics? Covering for a terrorist harboring state? Shoveling billions of dollars at a terrorist sponsoring state? Pretending their our friend while they arm our enemies? If that's brilliant statesmanship, it's time we got ignorant.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

There is an old tale that is applicable to Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as much of that region.

You’ve heard about the cowboy who sought directions from two Indians? One of the Indians was from a tribe that always told the truth, and the other was from a tribe that always lied.

Well, Afghanistan and Pakistan are like that. Except for the tribe that told the truth part. You won’t find one of those there.

Their philosophy is simple. There is *no* value in telling the truth, ever. So everybody lies all the time, about everything. It is not just being argumentative, either. They just don’t want to tell the truth.