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2005-07-27 Britain

Blair warns Pakistan to rein in militants

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Posted by Fred 2005-07-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's refreshing to hear Tony cut to the chase and call a Â¢Â¼ a Â¢Â¼. Still a tad refined for my taste, and I think the message is diluted a tad because of that habit, not to mention about a year late in coming, but refreshing.

I'm thinking more along these lines...
Pervy's Excellent Adventure as ruler of PakiWakiLand is a very mixed bag. She's a high maintenance whore who has failed to please for some time, now. In fact, she's downright butt ugly when the lights are on, as they are now - leaving the customer (the West) to wonder aloud just WTF it was we thought we saw in her in the first place to make us lay our money (and trust) down on the dresser.

Yeah, I know the refrain about Pervy being our buddy, etc. Heard it, thought about it, don't buy it. I'd rather do without the heavy expense - read: tying our hands - that this arrangement entails. It's not like Pervy's not in this for himself anyway, he most certainly is. He's staked out his game and plays it for his own amusement and survival.

I'm more interested in our amusement and survival.

Same goes for all of our State Dept legacy accommodation arrangements with assholes which stopped serving our interests long long ago and are now merely habitual actions, patently ineffective with absolutely lousy returns on investment, whitewashed for public consumption.

I welcome Tony's remarks in that light.

Posted by .com 2005-07-27 00:34|| 2005-07-27 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 If it's the press conference I caught the tail end of, he was quite pissed off.

However, this article doesn't mention the most potent part of the speech - it was just after the part about "There is no justification for suicide bombing whether in Palestine, Iraq, London, Egypt, Turkey, United States of America or anywhere. There is no justification for it, period,"

I can't find a source online yet, so I'm going from memory, but he said something like;

"And let's get one thing cleared up as well, there is no justification whatsoever for suicide bombing in Israel either".

Ah, just seen this is from a paki newspaper - that might explain it.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-07-27 02:31|| 2005-07-27 02:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah, that's good to hear, Tony, thx! Were it reported in the print MSM it would be even better, but it certainly isn't on the approved agenda of any major "news" outlet.

I like pissed off - it's the appropriate response when others are actively interested in killing you and destroying your way of life. I hope it's exceptionally contagious.

Posted by .com 2005-07-27 02:45|| 2005-07-27 02:45|| Front Page Top

#4 British Prime Minister Tony Blair categorically told the press on Tuesday that it was Pakistan's prime responsibility to rein in seminaries teaching extremism and militancy.

How about reigning in the islamist Mosque preachers spewing hate and intolerance, Mr. Blair?

You'll never hear that "no justification for Suicide bombings in Israel" in the MSM.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2005-07-27 03:41|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-07-27 03:41|| Front Page Top

#5 agree with what's been said above and good for Tony, but am I the only one who finds it a bit hypocritical that he's busy pointing fingers at Pakistan when he's done precious little to stop the hate spewed in the openly hostile Mosques in his own country?

Hey Tony - might want to take a good look at that speck in your own eye.....

Posted by 2b 2005-07-27 04:52|| 2005-07-27 04:52|| Front Page Top

#6 I agree with .com

Posted by 3dc 2005-07-27 05:04|| 2005-07-27 05:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Blair warns Pakistan to rein in militants
Or else what? Does anyone have the ability to "rein in' Pakiwakiland? How about turning the Northwest Frontier Province into the Northwest Frontier Parkling Lot...

Posted by Spot">Spot 2005-07-27 09:06|| 2005-07-27 09:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Palestine? Where is that?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-27 10:01|| 2005-07-27 10:01|| Front Page Top

#9 He meant Transjordan?

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-07-27 12:12|| 2005-07-27 12:12|| Front Page Top

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