01-31-2008, 08:32 PM
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Cheesesteak GURU! Wiz with
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Originally Posted by peacemover
If someone you have a relationship with is supposed to provide a service or support they have pledged and they fail to do it, you stop giving them money and stop believing their idle promises.
Sure- it is a volatile and delicate situation and region and we don't want to upset the apple cart and unleash the jihadi floodgate or set off the potential for some sort of nuclear incident or widescale military conflict with the entire Muslim world, but we also should not be coddling two-faced liars like Musharraf.
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I'm not sure I'd even call Moosh a two-face liar. We know what he's doing, we're not stupid, and I wouldn't be surprised if behind closed doors, he openly told us exactly what he was doing.
Point is, he's our best option right now (and, unfortunately, for the forseeable future), and any of the alternatives could REALLY be unfriendly.
Imagine one of the real islamo-crazies from ISI taking over the reins and openly arming AQ and their minions with big time tactical or even nuke weapons in an effort to drive us out of Afghanistan. Imagine Pak insanely saber rattling with India, or some of the other Stans, or menacing Israel with threats of nuclear anihilation.
We'd be waxing nostalgic for the salad days of the Moosh regeim.
I'd recommend a book that I think dovetails well with L/T, and covers a lot of behind the scenes dealings between govts in the first days and years post 9-11.
Now, I don't necessarily agree with many of the conclusions, but the author, Friedman, shows a good light on the high stakes chess game that is international relations:
America's Secret War~
http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Secre.../dp/0385512457
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