Posted on 06/04/2009 2:20:09 AM PDT by Scanian
FIGHTING terrorists and insurgents resembles dental care: If you ignore the cavity, it doesn't get better on its own. The sooner you're lying back in the chair, the less painful it's going to be.
Last month, Pakistan finally and belatedly admitted to itself that its terrorist problem had spread so deeply that at least one bad tooth had to be pulled. The military went into the Taliban-occupied Swat Valley in force.
After years of neglect and rot, the apparent determination of Pakistan's leaders to really take on the terrorists was reassuring. And Islamabad didn't flinch, despite grim fighting and a refugee exodus from the war zone.
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From article:
“Despite the Taliban’s advance to within 60 miles of Pakistan’s capital this spring, elements within Islamabad’s power structure still think they can work deals with “their” terrorists. But poisonous snakes just don’t make affectionate pets.”
0bama thinks he can talk the birds out of the trees.
Same-same.
He really ought to have himself tonsured and dress in sackcloth. “Saint Barry of Mombassa”
We have also started down a path that may push Israel away from the US and in search of a new major power alliance. Israel and China have a cooperative military channel and both are threatened by Islamists. Obama may be facilitating another realignment.
>>Pakistan’s own policies have set the country ablaze. Its leaders continue to bathe in gasoline
Then there’s cause for optimism.
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