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| US draws a bead on Pakistan, Saudi Arabia |
| 2003-12-25 |
| Another article from Asia Times Online with an interesting subtext - Either play ball with us (the USA) or face an armoured division doing a Thunder Run through your capital city. My, we do live in interesting times! And the person who decided on that tactic in the Iraq war was a genius of the first order. Just the first paragraph. With the United States facing the prospect of continuing difficulties in Iraq and Afghanistan in the new year, there are signs that it will adopt an aggressive policy to cut all kinds of supply lines to the guerrilla movements in these countries, starting with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and making no concessions. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #5 iiiiihhh. Now having bothered to see if there was substance, this is just some be-turbanned pundit journalist slipped his chain for a minute. He's running off at the keyboard as if he's got access to juicy inside stuff. And even if he does, how good was binny&co. prognostications of US behavior from 9/11 -- now? This same source as that Bechtel scandalrag story today. Wonder if they also picked up and ran the story and pictures of binny and sammie's wedding. |
| Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-25 10:42:39 PM |
| #4 ..starting with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and making no concessions. It's about time Pakistan took on a more prominent position on the radar screen. The ISI, madrassas, Peshawar, nuclear "assistance" to other countries, etc. There's too much going on there to ignore, regardless of who is running the show in that place. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-25 3:17:53 PM |
| #3 I keep hearing about how the U.S. is preparing to "go after" pakistan and soddi. It sounds like we're getting some preemptive spin from the wahhabists for when they start getting rolled up. I certainly hope the dead-enders in both governments start developing extra holes in their heads soon. A good epidemic of lead poisoning might be just what's needed. |
| Posted by: 4thInfVet 2003-12-25 12:49:21 PM |
| #2 fm == micronesia (http://www.fsmgov.org/photos.html - looks very pretty) All ISO country codes at http://www.bcpl.net/~jspath/isocodes.html This has been a RantBurg public information broadcast.... |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2003-12-25 9:43:04 AM |
| #1 where's .com and his 40km strip? Now that I think about it, there might be a few odd Rantburgers being distracted by other trivialities, it being Christmas Day and all. But someone out there is working. Just got mail. The Nigerian guy who wants to put all that money in my checking account has moved to Zimbabwe. But he's got an address p_kund@simbamail.fm What country would that be? |
| Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-25 9:17:12 AM |