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Originally Posted by Rocky_Shorz
I do enjoy your inputs, seeing a different point of view brings up new questions that make me look for answers.
Remember the first day when the Pakistan Military leader Stated flat out there is no Al Queda or Terrorist in Pakistan's tribal region as the US Military had drones in the air, bombing and killing their Operations Leader...
Made the Pakistan Military leader look clueless...
Next thing we knew, the head of NATO flew out for the meeting.
Right after that, the government announced that NATO will be pursuing them into the country...
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True enough, Rocky, and thanks for the compliment, I return it to you. However, that doesn't even touch on the issue of defining the true nature of Al Qaeda, a generally acknowledged "creation" of the CIA in the 80's. I think it is important that we not take the word of the government, specifically the liars (my opinion, and the opinion of many) that constitute the Bush, Cheney cabal, as to the definition of the ENEMY, yet alone the proper course to follow to alleviate the problem they cause, IF that problem exists (according to their definition).
Therefore, if even a miniscule amount of skepticism is applied to our "war on terror", then the "mainstream"/ Bush justification for violating the borders of any nation is in jeopardy, much less the border of a nation that up until very recently we have called "friends", "allies", "compatriots", et cetera. One might ask, "How can this issue of a border dispute with Pakistan EVEN exist?", "Are we not brothers in the fight against the Taliban?", "Do we not oppose an undemocratic Ahfganistan together?", etc... etc...
In other words, once the "Al Qaeda as the ultimate enemy of mankind" or "if the Taliban is not destroyed, freedom will die" arguments fail to hold up, then the excuses for crossing the Pakistan border similarly fail. If that is the case, then the Pakistani cries for "sovereignty of their OWN border" can be seen in a different light than the Mullen/Rice/Bush viewpoint of "Hey, we're just getting the bad guys, like we talked about." I think that neither the Pakistani government, no matter how involved with the West they committed themselves, nor the Pakistani people, will ultimately see things the Bush way.
Let's see where it goes, and keep the info coming
