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No More ‘Yes Boss,’ Says Pakistani PM, As Rift With U.S. Deepens
CNSNews ^ | 7/11/11 | Patrick Goodenough

Posted on 07/11/2011 7:50:16 AM PDT by CNSNews

(CNSNews.com) – The days of saying “Yes, boss” to the United States are over, Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said at the weekend, in a further sign of the deepening rift between the two countries.

Confirmation Sunday that the Obama administration has suspended $800 million in aid to the Pakistani military came just days after Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen alleged that Pakistani security officials “sanctioned” the recent murder of a Pakistani journalist investigating jihadist infiltration of the military.

Mullen’s remark drew an angry denial from Islamabad, which earlier set up a commission of inquiry into Saleem Shahzad’s death.

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To: Steel Wolf

“Why spend expensive nuclear weapons to make the rubble bounce?”

I’m a big fan of neutron bombs. This uses the weird logic that they don’t care as much about their lives than they do their “stuff”. If every lifeform in Pakistan would just die, it would likely mean that India would get their stuff. And the very thought of their hated enemy getting their stuff is enough to drive them mad.


21 posted on 07/11/2011 12:05:02 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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