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| Pentagon planning 'boots on ground' in Waziristan |
| 2008-06-02 |
| “So alarmed is the Pentagon, that Defence Secretary Robert Gates’ plans to send US ground forces into the FATA are being rapidly advanced,” writes journalist Eric Margolis in his syndicated column read worldwide. “Apparently, Washington’s criticism of Islamabad’s recent peace deals in the tribal territories has sharply intensified. American conservatives are claiming Pakistan has ‘sold out’ to Al Qaeda and Taliban, and is sheltering Osama Bin Laden and his cohorts.” US fears: Margolis writes about Washington’s desperate efforts to keep President Pervez Musharraf afloat because it fears that a fully civilianised government in Islamabad would be more responsive to anti-American sentiment in Pakistan and wash its hands of the war on terror at a time when more, not less, Pakistani support is needed to help US troops in Afghanistan confront the Taliban summer offensive. “Musharraf’s slow-motion fall from power has also wrong-footed Washington because it was counting on using US bases there in the event of an attack on Iran,” reveals Margolis. “The US capitol is again buzzing with rumours of an impending air campaign against at least 3,000 targets in Iran that will be launched sometime before November elections to boost the fortunes of the embattled Republicans. Israel’s American supporters are waging an all-out campaign for war against Iran. This week, they began running TV commercials claiming Iran was attacking the United States.” |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Nah.. he mentions how tall and well built they are, their complexion etc... serious homoerotic stuff. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-06-02 16:20 |
| #6 And toothy smiles? |
| Posted by: Throluling Borgia3572 2008-06-02 16:03 |
| #5 Margolis, heir to the Jameson Vitamin fortune is notorious for his pro-muslim pro-jihadi leanings. He has many friends in the Pak officer corps. He just loves to write about their "dark eyes" etc. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-06-02 15:53 |
| #4 Perhaps its time to teach the world not to anger a lame duck, best yet AFTER an election. |
| Posted by: Cleting Black1202 2008-06-02 11:54 |
| #3 Or an Arab Batista. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-06-02 06:59 |
| #2 Hummm... Emergency Summer offensive RED-LIGHT-WOT-DANGER! + President Pervez Musharraf must be kept afloat = Pervert & Co. are sniffing up for More Hard Cash. |
| Posted by: RD 2008-06-02 06:40 |
| #1 Consider the source: Margolis is the secular son of 2 Albanian Muslims. He is a strong partisan of Kashmiri ethnic cleansing of Hindus, and an opponent of the Afghan intervention. When a video of bin Laden surfaced in late 2001, he said it was a Pentagon fabrication. The US has only intervened in Pakistan in hot pursuit operations and those co-ordinate with Pak authorities. They aren't going to change that policy. As for Iran, November would have been an ideal time to attack. Ergo: President Bush is leaving that problem to his successor. However, it is true that Bush opposes the old strong-man cultivation doctrine. Frankly, I believe that in Muslim tyrannies, democracy is nothing more than an elite tool. We could use an Arab Somoza. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-06-02 04:52 |