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Jamaat-e-Islami proposes 4-nation bloc against US and NATO | |||||
2009-06-01 | |||||
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan Chief Munawar Hassan has proposed that a bloc comprising Pakistan, Iran, China and Afghanistan is needed against the United States (US) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
"Many governments of Islamic nations are acting like puppets of the USA and this has caused disappointment among the Muslims. Terrorism has increased due to the US involvement, while Muslim rulers do nothing but to please the US," he maintained. Meanwhile, Counsel General Zamani said that Iran and Pakistan share similar Islamic views and both countries are striving for peace and unity.
According to JI officials, they discussed the regional situation, Pakistan-Iran relations, and the stance of the Iranian government against the expansionist and imperialistic role of the United States in the region. The Iranian consul general invited the JI chief to visit Iran and briefed him about the upcoming presidential elections of Iran. | |||||
Posted by:Fred |
#4 There's power and then there's useable power. OP, your frustration is understandable. However, you might want to take a deep breath and assess, as objectively as possible, just how strong we actually are at the moment - or aren't. Our army is very tired. Still fighting and amazingly professional, but tired and strained. A lot of good soldiers and their officers are quietly retiring after their 5th or 6th deployment in the last 8 years - if they think they can land jobs outside. We have a lot of military equipment to replace, at a time when the economy sucks and is getting suckier by the minute. The CINC isn't exactly a military strategist. He's played a weak hand -- and is dangerously likely to one day do something really ill-considered to show he isn't weak. Something harsh but counter productive in the extreme. Weak people do that when their egos are large. And it's worth considering the power that others have over us, as well as our remaining military power. All it would take is 6 months of $150/barrel crude to put the entire West into massive depression, out of which we might not emerge for a very long while. Situational awareness isn't always comforting, but action that isn't based on it is pretty much doomed to failure. And the situation we're in right now is less than ideal. I haven't even mentioned the public's war fatigue but it got Obama elected and I don't see signs that that fatigue has evaporated just yet. |
Posted by: lotp 2009-06-01 20:32 |
#3 What's this 'We' stuff? You gonna do the heavy lifting required? |
Posted by: Pappy 2009-06-01 17:16 |
#2 Let's see, O |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-06-01 16:34 |
#1 Now why would the Islamists decide that a bloc containing "Godless" China would be a good thing? That says this isn't about religion at all. They are simply playing a role of sapping the US of resources. Why would they align with the most atheist of all countries on the planet? |
Posted by: crosspatch 2009-06-01 00:45 |