Picture of the Day - 4 - Afghanistan attacks triple since Pak/tribal peace deal
Think they'll talk about this tonight?
American troops on Afghanistan's eastern frontier have seen a tripling of attacks since a truce between the Pakistani army and pro-Taliban tribesmen that was supposed to stop cross-border raids by militants, a U.S. military officer said Wednesday.
I think Musharraf is trying to keep the Afghanistan conflict going in its present state. So long as the Pashtun, Taleban, and Al Qaeda spend their energies in Afghanistan they won't turn them towards his regime. I think that's the game our "ally" is playing.
posted by mikevotes at
5:09 PM
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Crawl on CNN: Bush says Karzai, Musharraf are "Strong Leaders."
Crawl inside my head: "Bush is fucking moron."
It's like we elected a 14 year old John Wayne. Every thing is set up in the strong/weak dialectic and that's as far as it goes.
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Reality-Based Educator, at 8:24 PM
Didya notice that neither of them was allowed to speak. Either, it wasn't going well, or this was all about Bush's appearance and not to do with them.
My bet is mostly the former.
Maybe "strong leaders" is diplomatice speech for hard headed? Or just a throwaway line for their populations?
Mike
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mikevotes, at 8:41 PM
A strong leader is one who bends to Bush's will. A weak leader is one who opposes Bush and his war on terror.
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Lew Scannon, at 8:44 PM
Musharraf is a puzzle, huh?
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Bravo 2-1, at 9:24 PM
Troll, that's pretty funny.
Copy Editor, I think he made a decision some years ago that his political life was better served by continued conflict in Afghanistan.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 9:44 PM
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