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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 09:33 AM Original message |
The myth of Talibanistan |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. Just coincidence? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Interesting indeed. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. even if it was in danger, our military presence would just make it worse |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. even if it was in danger, our military presence would just make it worse |
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sledgehammer (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. US military action in Muslim countries... |
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brindis_desala (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. It is impossible to tell whether Brzsenzski's dangerous |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. what would be the motive for intentionally undermining Pakistan? |
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brindis_desala (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Read Tariq Ali. "Pakistan on the flight path to American power" |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I think the point is that Zbig, being a good "realist", is a true friend to nobody. |
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brindis_desala (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Indeed. Zibby pretends to be "democratic" but is a |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. During the Cold War, India was allied with the Soviet Union; Pakistan with the US. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. OMG, thank you so much for posting this. I have been trying to say the same thing for months. |
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laststeamtrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-01-09 04:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. K & R - n/t. |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
14. Yes and no |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You make sound points. |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. It's not that the peasants themselves are a "threat" |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. But you cannot occupy and police the whole world. |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. And you may well be right |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-02-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Well, it's a pleasure discussing it with you, in any case. nt |
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