Posted on 08/29/2009 9:08:06 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
NEARLY three months after the Pakistani army retook the Swat valley from the Taliban, corpses are appearing on the streets almost every day.
This time the killings are about revenge. The bodies are suspected militants or Taliban collaborators. Their killers are alleged to be the security forces, although this is denied officially.
The murders are a sign that peace has not yet returned, even though the American government has hailed the offensive as a successful blow against militancy, and refugees are returning.
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Muslims murdering muslims. So sad...
When in Rome...
I’m not convinced they’re getting the bad guys.
Which, of course, is the problem with this approach.
Oh, I'm sure they are killing lots and lots of innocent people as well. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of good guys in Pakistan to root for.
The fact that they have nukes and are so unstable should make a lot of people uncomfortable. I'm afraid that way to many people in D.C. that should know better aren't losing any sleep over this.
"I’m not convinced they’re getting the bad guys.
Which, of course, is the problem with this approach"
It's payback, not law enforcement. And it is intended to foster clearer thinking on the part of those who would aid and abet the Taliban.
"War is Hell". A fortiori civil war.
None of us can claim that payback and reprisal is not part of our own histories of warfare.
The more dead muzzies, the better.
Well this is awful.
I hope it stops in ten or twelve years.
Not murder, self defense.
Who said the terrorists are the only ones who can take out an enemy in the night and leave his body in the street?
Russians?
Trust me, jihadis wake up everyday in hate.
There is no doubt the jihad will go on for a very long time.
(P.S. Squantos, LOL.)
Revenge is “the solid rock on which is reared the temple of Law”—Ambrose Bierce.
“I can’t decide if this is a good thing or not...?”
Dude, I found your balls on the sidewalk where you left them. I would reattach them as soon as soon as I could, if I were you.
They are killing people dedicated to killing you. They are dismantling the enemy support structure. What’s the problem again?
Explain to me again why your brain is worried about my balls and what in the heck that has to do with the topic?
On second though, please don’t.
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