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Posted By Alexia 9 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsAt a conference on radicalization in The Hague in October, a former Pakistani foreign minister told a small group of us that he had recently warned Benazir Bhutto in a phone conversation that her return to Pakistan after eight years of self-imposed exile could be greeted by someone wearing a suicide belt.
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NelsonR9 months, 2 weeks ago
Another Bush fiasco on the world stage. Not only is our country lacking present leadership with our economic situation deteriorating, our foreign policies are led by a school child BUSH. Who can truly say he is a stupendous leader, he's juvenile.
America has squandered billions in Pakistan, for what? Musharraf is just another abysmal world leader who makes our Bush look silly and enrolled in primary school. Musharraf got the money for fighting terrorism and now we have approved sanctuaries in the tribal area since Musharraf lacks guts or resolve. Bhutto was killed probably with the acquiescence of Musharraf and the ISI who are inundated with Taliban and Al Qaeda sympathizers. Yet we continue the money pipeline that is supported unknowingly by China and even India while America goes broke.
Bush, Rice and all these other despicable yet lead us. When is enough enough. Now Iraq is on the backburner by the media. All is corrupt in America.
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zimm9 months, 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately this kind of barbarism is what we have come to expect from such a depraved, primitive culture that permeates so much of the Muslim world.
That's why the USA (and other countries) get torn between supporting friendly dictators and standing up for principal. Sometimes the former is less dangerous, but often only in the short term. This goes way beyond something you can blame on Bush administration's foreign policy...
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GHOSTWHOWALKS9 months, 2 weeks ago
Now that's a load of bull pucky. What is going on now in Pakistan is a direct of Bush taking his eye off the ball and diverting needed resources from Afghanistan, letting Osama get away and preach his hatred in Pakistan. You need a course in history and less time spent watching your hero screw up everthing.
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THOMNH629 months, 2 weeks ago
of course NR would find a way to quickly blame this on Bush. What should we do when Musharraf is over thrown and the taliban take over Pakistan, who do you think will be in charge of that nuclear country, you guessed it Osama Bin Ladden himself. I can only hope the first nuke he drops is on you.
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GHOSTWHOWALKS9 months, 2 weeks ago
Jeez. You're dumber than your hero. Real stupid remark made by a complete idiot who lacks even a inkling of basic foreign policy and the blow back effect. Go back to kindergarten youngster your stupidity is showing.
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NelsonR9 months, 2 weeks ago
Thomn - There you go again berating my comments and wishing your Bushie would be like your idol, Lincoln. He isn't.
Remember Bush is the one that looked Musharraf in the eyes also and said he was a man to be trusted. Then Musharraf concludes a pact with the Tribal elders to allow them to give sanctuary to the Taliban and Al Qeada. This in turn is what is presently killing our troops in Afghanistan. Meanwhile Musharraf smiles and makes Bushie laugh while he is taking Billions in U.S. phoney dollars while shafting Bush at every turn. Thomn, he's the president you voted for, not me. Accept what is the man is one big jerk that couldn't lead a kindergarten class.
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gamahuche9 months, 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately IHT links ALWAYS crash my computer and so i haven't been able to read the story.
But it seems clear that Pakistan is unravelling and also that there's nothing surprising about that.
The US took their eye off the ball and trusted Musharraf?
Iraq became a higher priority than capturing OBL?
May I suggest that the real explanation for the hidden US "strategy" may be discovered in the following three letters:
ILO.
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VMan9 months, 2 weeks ago
Uh, Thom, if we hadn't wasted thousands of lives and billions of dollars invading Iraq, do you think we might have had the resources to find OBL by now? Of course, Bush can't be blamed for everything bad that happens in this world, but he's done a pretty good job of screwing up most of what he's been in charge of most of the time. IF he were a good leader, we wouldn't be having so many inane arguments presented as intelligent discourse. Our country would continue to lead by example as a model of democracy, instead of being reviled as an hypocritical, imperialistic bully that promotes torture. The traitors like Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Coulter, et al, wouldn't be given the time of day by any real Americans if they hadn't been hoodwinked by an administration bent on promoting their own agenda which is not in the best interest of the average American. If Bush were a good leaader, he wouldn't be blamed by so many.
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hyperbola9 months, 2 weeks ago
Here is what her niece has to say about Benazir Bhutto.
Aunt Benazir's false promises
Bhutto's return bodes poorly for Pakistan -- and for democracy there.
By Fatima Bhutto
November 14, 2007
... Perhaps the most bizarre part of this circus has been the hijacking of the democratic cause by my aunt, the twice-disgraced former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto. While she was hashing out a deal to share power with Gen. Pervez Musharraf last month, she repeatedly insisted that without her, democracy in Pakistan would be a lost cause. Now that the situation has changed, she's saying that she wants Musharraf to step down and that she'd like to make a deal with his opponents -- but still, she says, she's the savior of democracy....
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hyperbola9 months, 2 weeks ago
...Ms. Bhutto's political posturing is sheer pantomime. Her negotiations with the military and her unseemly willingness until just a few days ago to take part in Musharraf's regime have signaled once and for all to the growing legions of fundamentalists across South Asia that democracy is just a guise for dictatorship.
.. By supporting Ms. Bhutto, who talks of democracy while asking to be brought to power by a military dictator, the only thing that will be accomplished is the death of the nascent secular democratic movement in my country. Democratization will forever be de-legitimized, and our progress in enacting true reforms will be quashed. We Pakistanis are certain of this.
Fatima Bhutto is a Pakistani poet and writer. She is the daughter of Mir Murtaza Bhutto, who was killed in 1996 in Karachi when his sister, Benazir, was prime minister...
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-bhutt...
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jaern9 months, 2 weeks ago
I'm just thankful that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal isn't in the hands of Iran!
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Cityslicker9 months, 2 weeks ago
Who cares ?
And this Nation (Pakistan) was so unified before . oh please !
There has been peace for over 500 years and now this , NOT .
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THOMNH629 months, 2 weeks ago
wow, more libreral puke from NR I got an idea, maybe OBL will come out of hiding and take over Pakistan. Then as a nuke power in the east he will be untouchable and able to spread his hatred of the west from the safety of pakistan, maybe NR you could go and live there, you guys could slam Bush, haliburton, and chenney all day praise to Ahla. Dude, strap on a belt and do us ll a favor.
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pcknowledge9 months, 2 weeks ago
I believe BL is most likely dead. As for Bush's foreign policies, I also believe they have caused a great deal of harm all over the world. Bush has indeed wasted a lot of money on this completly unneccessary war in Iraq (a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 or terrorism on a global scale) & his monetary support for Musharaf who often channels the money to the ISI. The ISI in turn stages bomb attacks in Kashmir & infiltrates parts of India to do the same. Ironically, when this happens Bush asks the Indian government to restrain themselfes & not retaliate against Pakistan. Bush/Cheney are waging this war in Iraq for Iraq's oil fields, Halliburton has helped out. Bush has paid for this war by borrowing money, & our government now has a huge budget deficit. Clinton may not have been the greatest President ever, but he did leave us with a budget surplus which Bush squandered away.
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pcknowledge9 months, 2 weeks ago
Bush's policies in the Middle East & Asia don't solve the Israel/Palestine problem, the Kashmir problem or any other issues. Our government should not have to play the world's police, & certainly if Bush had stayed out of these regions entirely I personally would have said that doesn't make him a bad President. But what Bush did by invading Iraq & Afghanistan (instead of concentrating on the mountain areas of Afghanistan/Pakistan & areas like Rawalpindi in Pakistan where BL was believed to be in), is inflame & ignite not only the entire Middle East region but also parts of Asia. Bush also spend all our budget on wars in the ME. And not enough on our domestic problems like healthcare for all, public schools, infrastructure, ss system.
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