 President Pervez Musharraf has underlined the need for world to address lingering conflicts as lasting peace and sustainable development are dependent on their just resolution. Talking to research scholars and representatives of think-tanks of France and Germany here on Tuesday, he said the world can no longer afford to sweep conflicts under the carpet. He said the international community particularly the Western countries have to play an important role in addressing these conflicts.
Referring to his strategy of enlightened moderation he said it is a way forward for addressing the root causes of extremism and terrorism in the world. He spoke at length on various international and regional issues and challenges confronting the South Asian region and the world. General Pervez Musharraf pointed out that Pakistan is an important member of the international community, which can play a leading role for the well-being of the Muslim world. He also highlighted the need for greater economic cooperation between Pakistan and the European Union particularly in trade and commerce to the mutual benefit of both.
Except that Pakland, important member of the international community that it is, does a crummy job of coping with its problems of extremism and terrorism, has an economy that's stuck in low gear, and can't even manage to control its own territory even as it's trying to gnaw off the territory of others.
What, pray tell, does Perv think we've been doing for the past three and a half years? Gotta problem? Dump it in the lap of the U.S. Problem solved? Thank the UN and Jacques Chirac. - Afghanistan? Problem solved: Bad Guyz chased out of the country with minimal corpse count.
- Iraq? Problem solved: Bad Guy chased to the bottom of an outdoor toilet and arrested. Trial at 11.
- Libya? Problem solved: Pants scared off the guy with the wardrobe that gave Mr. Blackwell his second heart attack.
- International nuclear arms trafficking? Problem solved. Break up the A.Q. Khan ring — something Perv somehow never managed to do. Khan's still a hero to the turban and scimitar set, but the operation's broken up, pending us looking the other way.
- Kashmir bring you to the brink of nuclear destruction twice in a single year? Problem solved. Send Colin Powell to sweet-talk, cajole, and bribe the interested parties to the peace table.
- Entire families of Algerians having their throats slit by turbans? Problem solved: Provide discrete, behind the scenes aid to the gummint so they can quit chasing the Bad Guyz around on foot, thereby wiping out GAI in a year and reducing GSPC to desperation.
- Threatened by an international terrorist organization in Southeast Asia, intent on setting up a caliphate spanning three or four countries? Problem solved: Provide U.S. and Aussie aid and intel to help break up the ring, snag one of the ringleaders, and cart him off to Diego Garcia, there to drain all the information out of his pointy little beturbanned head.
- Justice for the poor Paleostinians? Problem solved: Isolate Yasser, the root cause of the problem, until he achieves stable condition, then deal with the next iteration of Paleostinian leadership. Elections held for the first time since 1996, peace on the horizon — unless Hamas can manage to screw it up.
- Syrian occupation of Lebanon? Problem being worked: Work with the Frenchies to get a get a resolution in the Security Council, of all places, to pressure Baby Assad to pull out. To reinforce the message, line the Marines up on the border and have them make faces.
- International terror organization determined to take over the world? Problem being worked: Pick a nice place — Iraq will do — to fight them. Spend American lives and treasure to kill them by the thousand.
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