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West responsible for terrorism: Gen. Musharraf
Daily Times, Pakistan ^
Posted on 09/13/2006 4:19:28 AM PDT by Srirangan
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posted on
09/13/2006 4:19:29 AM PDT
by
Srirangan
To: Srirangan
I know this guy has his own agenda and anything he says is suspect, but consider this thought experiment:
You go back to Jan 31, 1981, in a time machine, kidnap Reagan from his bedroom in the middle of the night, bring him back to now, bring him up to date on recent history and the current situation (leaving out the details of his own life, death and actions), and then take him back to his same bedroom, the same night.
What would he do? I'm not writing a science fiction story here, just a thought experiment.
What would Reagan do if he knew then what we know now?
I don't know the answer to the question but I'm sure one possibility would be: let the fight in Afghanistan drag on, without any US participation.
Another possibility: help the Russians.
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posted on
09/13/2006 4:34:07 AM PDT
by
samtheman
To: Srirangan
I didn't know Mushariff did stand up comedy!
What other talents does he hide?
Pakistan was born from its own intolerance and has been a terror state for all of its life.
Who does he think he's kidding?
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posted on
09/13/2006 4:38:33 AM PDT
by
Adder
(Can we bring back stoning again? Please?)
To: Srirangan
Maybe his countries support of the taliban and his security forces training and supporting terrori9sts have a loyt to do with it.
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posted on
09/13/2006 4:38:37 AM PDT
by
Americanexpat
(A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
To: Srirangan
To: Srirangan
Cough,cough,bullsh!t,cough,cough
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posted on
09/13/2006 4:41:13 AM PDT
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: samtheman
In the best John Candy voice I can muster:
Thank you!
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posted on
09/13/2006 4:42:29 AM PDT
by
leadpenny
To: Srirangan
The entire world of islam is solely responsible for terrorist, and only the entire world of islam can stop it. No one else can stop it but islam.
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posted on
09/13/2006 4:43:11 AM PDT
by
tkathy
(Einstein: Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance.)
To: Srirangan
Whatever extremism or terrorism is in Pakistan is a direct fallout of the 26 years of warfare and militancy around us. It gets back to 1979 when the West, the United States and Pakistan waged a war against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Musharraf told EU lawmakers. History buffs, please help. Is he laying this at Carter's feet?
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posted on
09/13/2006 4:43:22 AM PDT
by
Samwise
(All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)
To: Adder
Who does he think he's kidding?
The same sheeple that the win-at-any-cost anti-american democrat liberals manage to keep in their fold. They'll believe anything that supports their belief that the U.S. is responsible for the world's problems.
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posted on
09/13/2006 4:45:16 AM PDT
by
rj45mis
To: Srirangan
I always thought Pakistan was created to separate the terrorists from India.
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posted on
09/13/2006 4:52:03 AM PDT
by
caver
(Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
To: Srirangan
Will there be a time when we take out Pak's nukes and let India have at them?
To: Srirangan
Is the west responsible for letting Islamists permeate his ISI secret service?
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posted on
09/13/2006 4:56:41 AM PDT
by
aynrandfreak
(The Left hates America)
To: samtheman
I think he would do exactly the same thing. Because if you were aware of anything during his administration it would the the frenzy of the cold war with Russia.
The communist push was as world wide as radical Islam is today. President Reagan was determined to halt it's advance on this continent. El Salvador, all of those little countries below Mexico were in upheaval fighting off communist rebels. He was determined to break the back of the Soviet bear.
Today it's our turn to deal with our enemies, we can only hope we are as successful as Reagan was in dealing with our enemies of his day.
To: samtheman
Often thought that myself.
The book "The Hidden War" is a Russian journalists view of their Afghan war. The first thing I thought reading it was "My God, they are more like us than not". The second was the Afghan war was much more personal for them. Russian civilians were killed in border raids.
I agree, if Regan knew what we know now, I doubt he would have financed the war. The only question is what would have happened to the USSR?
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posted on
09/13/2006 4:57:54 AM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: Samwise
when the West, the United States and Pakistan waged a war against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan,Who is the "west" he refers to here (since it is not the US)?
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posted on
09/13/2006 4:58:36 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
("To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” … George Washington)
To: beachn4fun
Who is the "west" he refers to here (since it is not the US)? No clue. I don't have the secret decoder ring.
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posted on
09/13/2006 5:10:45 AM PDT
by
Samwise
(All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)
To: Srirangan
We launched a jihad, brought in mujahideen from all over the Muslim world, the US and the West
We armed the Taliban and sent them in; we did it together. In 1989 everyone left Pakistan with 30,000 armed mujahideen who were there, and the Taliban who were there, he said, adding that Pakistan had paid a big price for being part of the coalition that fought the Soviet Union.
And how does that explain Pakistani schools that end up turning British Muslims into terrorists?
To: Samwise
Pretty much. The question then becomes was Carter duped by Zbigniew Brzezinski, NSA, who had a personal agenda to see the Soviets suffer at any cost. Why? His family suffered as of result of the soviet occupation of Poland. Zbig was the guy who bent Carter's ear and got the Islamic movement funded and armed. At the time apparently we were terrified of Russia owning Afghanistan. It's so valuable and all. ??
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posted on
09/13/2006 5:16:31 AM PDT
by
kinghorse
(I calls them like I sees them)
To: Srirangan
So how come it's the West that is to blame when it was the Soviet Union that destabilzed everything?
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posted on
09/13/2006 5:25:37 AM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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