Posted on 08/11/2007 2:27:55 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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Damn “miscreants”.
Without going into the theological ramifications of your observation, I will say that I wouldn’t want to be them right now.
especially with Musharraf skipping the “peace jirga”
I stand corrected, he skipped the initial opening event.. but will still make a showing. Thanks!
With many in his nation wanting him dead, I can’t say that I blame Musharraf all that much for not attending this conference. I do think it would be helpful if he did.
If he is pushed into attending and is killed, who are we going to get to stand up next? It seems like that would be a very short list.
Given the mixed group at the jirga, I would agree he is taking his life in his hands by attending.
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What might be helpful would be him inviting the leaders of those two provinces to the capital for talks. At that time he could offer them a variety of incentives to get them to fall into line.
Other than that, his increase in military exercises may be the best we could hope for.
I have thought Mursharraf was dealing with a very dicey situation. I’ve appreciated the help he has given, perhaps more accurately the positive attitude as much as anything else.
I like the term “miscreants” better than “insurgents”. Insurgent gives the murderous jerks too much status.
Unfortunately, there was a report just yesterday that all the known Al Qaeda and Taliban camps had been emptied out in the past few days, so they may have been warned off by Pakistan’s ISI.
Uh, yeah. Now that all the camps are empty!
I know. But does that make it easier for us to track where they are going, and find them there?
Musharraf is finally cooperating. It sounds like North and South Waziristan refused to send “piece” delegates and got MUSH all bent out of shape. No secret now where the Taliban is holed up. I only hope we have some specialized forces in there to get Ben and the Boys..
Nice. Pakis bomb empty hideouts and say “see, we’re fighting terrorists”. If they HAD actually got any people, they would have been women and children visiting for a wedding.
You weren’t paying attention. They found some miscreants.
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