Re: Bush and Saudis play same old game

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:31:04 -0400, "Hooda Gest" <Be@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>She made a statement that implied the Pakistani
>government allows these camps. That isn't supported by anything she said
>afterward.

Well, regardless of Barbara's political leanings I have to admit
I'm sympathetic with her on this particular issue. Whether or not the
Paki government 'allows' these purported camps if they exist the
government should simply destroy them.

>...where those camps are is not clear. They
>are alleged to be in the western border area which is where bin Ladin is
>also supposed to be. They may not be there, they may be over the border in
>Afghanistan...

If they're in Afghanistan *we* would destroy them, wouldn't we?
One could hope so, anyway.

>...they may be in uncontrolled areas of western Pakistan...

Well, al Qaeda doesn't control any airspace and Pakistan does have
a fairly nifty air force as far as third world nations go...

>...they may be somewhere else entirely but you first go to Pakistan and then travel to
>the camps elsewhere.

Maybe, but why travel to them via Pakistan instead of just going
direct?

>Pakistan may, or may not, be trying to clean up its radical element but I
>have seen no proof either way.

I think Pakistan is trying to wage an even more PC war than Bush
is. Understandable given the huge radical element it's faced with.
But not tolerable.
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