Pakistan Alert
November 3rd 2007 14:18
Pres. Musharaf has said he expects to declare a state of emergency in Pakistan. Taliban terrorists have taken several government buildings. The border battle has been going on for awhile now and Marshal Law may already be in effect. Since Pakistan is an ally of ours in the War on Terror, it's important to know what's going on there and be ready to lend assistance if asked. Good thing Barak Obama isn't in charge, if he did what he said and attacked Pakistan, the state of emergency would be due to him. Let's hope that the Pakistani government is able to clean out the terrorists on their own!
Seeing what's happening right now, how could anyone with a brain think we should pull out? The surge has worked, Iraqi police and troops are taking more responsibily for their own country. The death tolls are down to almost nothing. Now the terrorists are going after Pakistan in the misguided belief (apparently) that they can take over and continue their evil ways unabated. It's not a very big group, from what I heard, but they seem determined to do all the damage they possibly can. Could anyone be so stupid not to see that those same scum bags would be gathering new forces and taking over Iraq if we left too soon?
We didn't make the terrorists, folks. We have killed and captured so many of them that they're trying to escape from Iraq and go after what they hope to be easier targets. Imagine if we'd done what the libs/dems promised and left the millions of Iraqi's to fend for themselves? They'd still have attacked Pakistan, but with far greater numbers. Maybe enough to win... Then the terrorists would have two countries to rule with their iron claws and unreasonable laws. It might make the libs/dems happy, I guess. They could run on a new platform of appeasement and probably get elected to something...
Seeing what's happening right now, how could anyone with a brain think we should pull out? The surge has worked, Iraqi police and troops are taking more responsibily for their own country. The death tolls are down to almost nothing. Now the terrorists are going after Pakistan in the misguided belief (apparently) that they can take over and continue their evil ways unabated. It's not a very big group, from what I heard, but they seem determined to do all the damage they possibly can. Could anyone be so stupid not to see that those same scum bags would be gathering new forces and taking over Iraq if we left too soon?
We didn't make the terrorists, folks. We have killed and captured so many of them that they're trying to escape from Iraq and go after what they hope to be easier targets. Imagine if we'd done what the libs/dems promised and left the millions of Iraqi's to fend for themselves? They'd still have attacked Pakistan, but with far greater numbers. Maybe enough to win... Then the terrorists would have two countries to rule with their iron claws and unreasonable laws. It might make the libs/dems happy, I guess. They could run on a new platform of appeasement and probably get elected to something...
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Comment by Jeff Musall
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Musharaf is not a good man, but like Saddam back in the 80s he's doing what you want him to do so he's suddenly an ally, not an enemy.
Look at history Bradish and try to learn something from it, there was a time when Saddam was like Musharaf as viewed by people such as yourself.
Does it feel good being led around like a dog on a leash?
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He won power in a military Ku btw.
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Isn't it strange that throughout America's 200 year history there has never been an emeregency that has been impeded because of the constitution? But you know, those terrorists. Oh man, you have to be afraid of those terrorists.
Comment by S.L. Bradish
As for the assinine remarks about President Bush and the ability to suspend the Constitution during a national emergency, you libs/dems should be all for it! When Hurricaine Katerina struck there was enough advance warning to have evacuated New Orleans (and the school busses to have done it with), but the good liberal democrat Louisiana Gov. Kathy didn't want to rush into anything (like saving her citizens). Pres. Bush contacted her personally before the storm struck to ask her to apply immediately for federal help (like the other governors did) so he could send the National Guard to help with evacuations. The Constitution forbade him from sending the Guard in without the governors request. She declined! There was nothing he could do until after the damage was done.
So he changed the Constitution to allow a president to send in the National Guard when the governor of a state is willing to allow his/her citizens to die. Boy, how mean, nasty and unreasonable of him, huh? Maybe you should ask some of the survivors of Katerina if letting their loved ones die to make the President look bad was a good idea.
When the Constitution was written, it was assumed that governors would give a damn about the people who elected them and make every effort to save them before calling in the feds. Guess the framers didn't envision anyone so cold and incompetent as to sacrifice their own electorate for political gain.
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Like Saddam he's more or less a stooge, to pretend he's some angle is shortsited. Remember when Osama Bin Laden was americas ally because he was fighting the soviets? Think Bin Laden with nuclear weapons and you have Musharaf.
Comment by S.L. Bradish
I'm surprised you didn't have something to say about the majority of my last comment.
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Do you actually expect the Pakistani people to maek a stand against a military dictaor? Imagine you live under Al Gores government but he has absoloute control over the military and he's revoked anyones right to bare arms. Do you honestly think there will be an uprising against him? Probably not, so what then?
Musharaf has an iron clad control over Pakistan like Saddam had over Iraq and Bin Laden had over Afghanistan. The only real difference between him and Bin Laden or Saddam is that he has nuclear weapons, so when ten years from now someone decides to use him as a scapegoat there will be a very real threat against the US, because one nuclear bomb is enough to kill millions of lives with very minimal effort.
I ignored the larger part of your previous comment because it was largely opinionated rather than thought out fact. If you sincerely believe theres a problem with the political system that exists now that didn't two hundred years ago it should not be fixed by creating an environment where a disproportionate amount of power can be given to any level of government. If you want to solve the issue you hit it at its core rather than try to throw a blanket over it, no good can ever come from a government that has too much power.
Comment by S.L. Bradish
Not living in Pakistan, I'm not up on their politics. As I understand what I have heard and what you're saying, Musharaf has behaved very badly and is now fighting a terrorist group. If the terrorists take over Pakistan, what do you think will happen? Will they make nice and run the country well? Or will it just become another training camp for the taliban? What would you do about it? Blow them up like Obama and make excuses for the results? Or give them time to sort ot out? Maybe the UN should step in and guarantee another election rather than a coup? Like the UN will ever do anything...