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| Army coup possible if Pak govt doesn't perform: ex-Saudi intelligence chief |
| 2009-04-29 |
| The Pakistan Army did not want to intervene in politics, but there could be a coup if the civilian government did not improve its performance, Prince Turki al-Faisal, the former Saudi intelligence chief, said on Monday. The Mighty Pak Army is much better at intervening in politix than it is at military operations. Now now, they've kept the evil Hindooz at bay ... except for those four times when they didn't. He said Pakistan could survive the Taliban threat provided its military remains intact. Shouldn't the military be dealing with the Taliban threat? If they are, it looks like they're being out-generaled and out-fought. The former ambassador to Washington also called for the speedy withdrawal of United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces from Afghanistan, saying that they are "not welcome" there. We should actually be giving a lot less of a spit than we are about whether we're "welcome" there. We should have imposed our constitution and our bill of rights, and killed anybody with a turban. But we were too nice. If there were way fewer mosques and way more titty bars in Afghanistan the country would be a lot better off, and damn their culture. "As long as the armed forces are intact, the state is not going to be at risk," he told The Washington Times. That statement means squat. He's making the assumption the state and the armed forces are two different things and that the armed forces can't be or won't be soundly beaten by the Talibs. The prince, who oversaw the funding two decades ago that helped create the Taliban during the fight against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, downplayed concerns about Pakistan's stability. The former Saudi intelligence chief said the Taliban were not a monolithic organisation and suggested that Islamabad had not found the right way of dealing with them. My advice: 155mm is much more effective than 105mm. He added that "one of the biggest stumbling blocks" in his work, as intelligence chief until 2001 was the United States protection of sources coming from other countries. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 What's ten percent of a firing squad? Ummm firing squads vary between 6 and 8 Ten percent of that would be .8 so use a kid 14 to 16 then dismiss him from prosecution as a "Juvenile". That'll work. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-04-29 17:45 |
| #6 One member of the Frontier Constabulary. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-04-29 17:33 |
| #5 What's ten percent of a firing squad? |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-04-29 16:40 |
| #4 wonder where Perv ends up if the Army does make a coup |
| Posted by: Clock tse Tung3193 2009-04-29 14:43 |
| #3 The prince, who oversaw the funding two decades ago that helped create the Taliban during the fight against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, An interestingly bald statement. there could be a coup if the civilian government did not improve its performance, Prince Turki al-Faisal, the former Saudi intelligence chief, said on Monday. I believe Mighty Pakistan's nuclear bombs are wholly owned by the Saudis. Is the Mighty Pakistan army a wholly owned Saudi subsidiary as well? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-04-29 12:40 |
| #2 I believe there are a number of agencies that would like to waterboard Turki. As for his claim that the US does not share resources, the same could be said for Turki, in spades. He certainly knew, and knows now, who are the Gulf principles funding terrorism. |
| Posted by: balthazar 2009-04-29 10:41 |
| #1 The Saudis/Pak Army would like nothing better than their trainees the talibunnies being back in charge not only in Afghan but in Pakistan. We need to realise our true enemies-Saudi religious hierachy,Pak army and Iran mullahs!!! |
| Posted by: paul2 2009-04-29 09:10 |