Serving 8 masters
In the earlier post on Pakistan, Anonymous pointed to this Asia Times article on the Chinese influence on Musharraf's government. The short analysis: China is getting their terrorists taken care of, and the US, despite a $1 billion, is getting next to nothing.
posted by mikevotes at
1:45 PM
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In 2001, the US held all the cards: either cooperate, or well invade and do it ourselves.
Now Pakistan holds all the cards: pay up or else... what're gonna do George? Invade and do it yourself? Haa, haa, haa!
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-epm, at 6:45 PM
Degree of difficulty:
Iraq: 27 million people, military broken by war and 11 years of sanctions.
Iran: 70 million people, military lessened by US and limited other countries sanctions.
Pakistan: 170 million people, military equipped with current US, Chinese, and Russian weapons.
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mikevotes, at 9:07 PM
Wow! I had no idea Pakistan what THAT populated.
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-epm, at 10:43 PM
Yeah, It's not some little podunk country like Lebanon or Israel Palestine. It's small relative to its giant neighbors India and China, but it's a big nation.
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mikevotes, at 6:34 AM
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