Re: Al Qaeda divided over Pakistan strategy
- From: Florida <demeter547opine@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:33:05 -0700
On Jul 31, 1:22 am, marib <ma...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Al Qaeda is divided over the wisdom of the network's revenge
tactics against the Lal Masjid operation, as one side favours
more retaliation, while the other is concerned that further
strikes will force the Pakistan Army to attack their safe
havens in the tribal areas, reported the Sunday Telegraph.
Part or even all of this stuff maybe true. But how would we
know? It's been strained thru gatekeepers, middlemen, foreign
governments, politicians, and a British weekly's editors before it
gets to us. Meanwhile, back in Pakistan/AlQaedaLand, the main players
speak a couple of different non-English, non-European languages. A
relative handful of Americans have ever been to or studied these
places, and we don't understand or participate in their culture.
The main idea I can see in this report is the strange presumption
that we can know what perfect strangers on another continent are
_thinking_.
I admit that with the British newspaper, we can make a fairly
accurate guess about what they're thinking - most likely, they're
thinking "complicated international action-movie plots and long
distance mind-reading sell newspapers," and "London and Washington
want us to print this so when we make our preemptive military strikes,
the dummy-in-the-street will nod and say 'I already knew that'."
But otherwise the article is like a movie trailer, just hints that
don't have a plot.
According to the British weekly, [....], some senior
figures within Al Qaeda are "alarmed"
See what I mean?
The rest of the article is heavy on hints of what "could" happen
and "may be" happening, until out of the blue we get to the terrifying
part:
.... It prompted fresh debate in Washington about
whether the US should launch military strikes in Pakistan.
According to the Sunday Telegraph, a significant faction
inside the CIA wants the US to attack Al Qaeda within Pakistan
now, with or without authorisation from General Musharraf.
There are a lot of crazy people out there playing games with
national governments, international wars, scarce resources, and
nuclear weapons, aren't there?
However, President George W Bush continues to support
Musharraf, fearing such attacks would "undermine the Pakistani
leader and could bring him down".
<G>
That's the way to keep your morale up. Rejoice at the prospect of
destruction.
.
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