tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post115894532372812722..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Musharraf: `Pakistan was threatened into the war on terror'. Is he lying?Freedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-1159157220169067752006-09-24T21:07:00.000-07:002006-09-24T21:07:00.000-07:00I notice that `anonymous' chose to disregard my ki...I notice that `anonymous' chose to disregard my kind invitation to expand on how Pakistan is a loyal ally of the west and answer a few of the questions I raised.<BR/><BR/>Pity...but somehow that always does seem to happen with the `anonymous' ones who start out so critical and righteous and then leave when they're factually challenged, doesn't it?<BR/><BR/>I would have been interested in what he had to say.Freedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-1159073525717748662006-09-23T21:52:00.000-07:002006-09-23T21:52:00.000-07:00You would have to ask President Musharraf these qu...You would have to ask President Musharraf these questions, since he was the one who claimed that the head of the ISI passd this message on to him and he refused further comment at the press coference after dropping that little bomb.<BR/><BR/>In the interest of clarity, I WOULD be interested in your answers to the other questions I posed in my original reply to you.<BR/><BR/>I always like to hear the other side.Freedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-1159073076147658982006-09-23T21:44:00.000-07:002006-09-23T21:44:00.000-07:00Who was Musharraf's intelligence director that tol...Who was Musharraf's intelligence director that told him Armitage said this? Was it the ISI director Mahmood Ahmed that was replaced the next month by Ehsanul Haq? Did Ahmed give Musharraf a false story?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-1159072270759492152006-09-23T21:31:00.000-07:002006-09-23T21:31:00.000-07:00Hello, Y'all..thanks for dropping by.Let me addres...Hello, Y'all..thanks for dropping by.<BR/><BR/>Let me address our foreign guest first.<BR/><BR/>You seem to be assuming that Musharraf is telling the truth..which would be a first for him. I don't, based on his past.<BR/>Based on his comments and his refusal to back them up because of a `book deal', I think President Bush hit it on the head when he said `in other words, he's telling you to buy the book.' There's also the possibility that the head of the ISI deliberately misphrased Armitage's message, as I mention.<BR/><BR/>As for credit to Pakistan and their reliability as an ally, I would ask you several questions, and welcome your answers: are President Karzai, Indian Intelligence and US General Abazhied ALL liars when they say that Pakistan is offering a haven and logistical support to terrorists?<BR/><BR/>Why will Pakistan not allow Dr. AQ Khan, the scientist who gave/sold nuclear technology and hardware to Iran and others in what the Pakistani government CLAIMS was a rogue operation to be interrogated<BR/>bythe US or even the IAEA?<BR/><BR/>And just why wouldn't the Pakistani government want to take advantage of US and British help in ridding themselves of dangerous terrorists they claim to have no sympathy for..that is, if we're all on the same side?<BR/><BR/>And just why have Pakistanis been implicated in so many terrorist attacks on the non-Muslim world? By the way, the Pakistani assistance in busting the recent plot to blow up airlines was pretty much limited to rounding up people after the CIA and M15 presented them with clear and uncontevertible evidence that Pakistanis and British nationals of Pakistani origin then in the country were involved in the plot.<BR/><BR/>It IS nice that they arrested them, but allowing them to escape would have been to problematic for the Musharraf government.<BR/><BR/>Musharraf is playing a double game, accepting US assistance in staying in power while allowing the jihadis a mostly free ride as long as they're reasonably discreet.<BR/><BR/>President Bush is playing a double game by pretending that Pakistan is an ally and propping up Musharraf for PR value and occasional cooperation while realizing that Musharraf and Pakistan are nothing of the sort.<BR/><BR/>That situation will not last for too much longer.<BR/><BR/>That's how I see it.Freedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-1159013500941777572006-09-23T05:11:00.000-07:002006-09-23T05:11:00.000-07:00Its interesting that the US Press has decided to l...Its interesting that the US Press has decided to legitimize Mursharraf - "President Musharraf" "Mr. Musharraf?" <BR/><BR/>Has everyone forgotten the guy was a General in the Army that took over by the country by force? "Dictator of the Pakistani Regime" would be more appropriate. <BR/><BR/>I completely agree with your analysis - Pakistan is not an ally. Musharraf is a two faced liar. <BR/><BR/>And, for Bush to say we will send in US troops WHEN we have intellegence confirming OBL's presence in Pakistan is just as duplicitous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-1158983460586444212006-09-22T20:51:00.000-07:002006-09-22T20:51:00.000-07:00it's real easy to bomb pakistan.you open the bombb...it's real easy to bomb pakistan.<BR/>you open the bombbay doors and use gravity assist.<BR/>with 146 million people you're bound to hit something/somebody.<BR/><BR/>does pakistan deserve credit for refusing to allow the king of muslim nukes to be interviewed by the US?<BR/>i got pakistan's credit at the business end of a 120mm smooth bore.<BR/>the mess you speak of is due to this non-war being conducted as if it were a pillow fight.<BR/>and the prevention of another 9/11 can be explained by the simple fact, that pakistan prevented what was planned by the people in room 101, by the people in room 102.<BR/>got it?<BR/>syntax indicates access to this site is numerous time zones away.<BR/>if not, then it sure as hell should be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-1158980608497988862006-09-22T20:03:00.000-07:002006-09-22T20:03:00.000-07:00its not that easy to bomb pakistan i think its ver...its not that easy to bomb pakistan <BR/>i think its very surprising that the AMERICANS dont realize that there sucess (kinda) in afganssitan would neva be Possible without the help of Pakistan.<BR/>Now that ehy are in IRAQ and dealinfg with theings themselves i think the mess they are in is PRETTY OBVIOUS.....american army may be superior but they are clueless about that region .....Paki intelligence helped them stop another September 11...if they bombed the hell out of usss.....THEN how would have they stopeed the recent foiled airplane attacks.....???<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Pakistan deserves creditAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-1158949097077008582006-09-22T11:18:00.000-07:002006-09-22T11:18:00.000-07:00this essay has so many levels.#1 this armitage bo...this essay has so many levels.<BR/>#1 this armitage bozo has obviously said a lot of things. maybe he should sleep with the fishys.<BR/>second #1 pakistan can not be bombed into the stone age. they already are in the stone age, just as the shit hole mid-east region is.<BR/>third #1 i beat nazar to the punch calling the m/e a shit hole.<BR/>fourth #1 we should not have approached the pakistanis. just bomb the hell out of them in the beginning.<BR/>fifth # it is becoming very apparent to myself that bush has laid the foundation for an entanglment that we will not be able to get out of or defeat a/the enemy. who is the enemy again? this administration has re-defined who the enemy is how many times now? this is becoming just another war we use in name only. the war on poverty. the war on drugs. etc, etc. every tribal state in the mid-east is our ally and enables terrorism. what blather is the saudi lap dog going to utter this weekend?<BR/>sixth #1 disgruntled?<BR/>seventh #1 if this so-called war on terrorism is the first world war of the 21st century, then as history repeats itself, the second world war will be against pakistan in the 40's. that is if anyone in the US has a spine by then. chelsea?<BR/>obama?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com