Hi Bob,   
      
   On Mon 2039-Jan-03 05:53, BOB KLAHN (1:123/140) wrote to RICHARD WEBB:   
      
    RW> and they should let them know in ISlamabad that an attack   
    RW> on aid workers has immediate consequences for senior   
    RW> government officials.   
      
   BK>  OH, now that I can see the point of. Though... if the reason for    
   BK> the invasion of Iraq was to bring freedom to the Iraqis, the    
   BK> current rational of the right, then why not bring freedom to the    
   BK> people of Pakistan?   
      
   Indeed!  IT takes trained troops, it takes willpower, it   
   takes building of infrastructure, the things we're failing   
   to do in Afghanistan.   
      
    RW>> I applaud the U.N. relief agencies' decision.   
    RW>> I truly believe that the U.N. relief workers should be   
    RW>> evacuated post haste,   
      
      
    RW> I'm still waiting to see that freedom for KUwait we fought   
    RW> for ya know.  LEt's either do it right, or bring the young   
    RW> men and women home.   
      
   BK>  Yeah... we are patient, waitind for 20 years for that freedom  for   
   BK> Kuwait. OTOH, some truth might make the waiting easier.  Wikileaks,   
   BK> where are you when we need you?   
      
   FUnny but nobody has anything to say about that.   
      
    RW> IF nothing else there's always that big water control   
    RW> project in INdia.  WE can defend it with troops and tell   
    RW> the folks in ISlamabad that we'll shut off the tap unless   
    RW> they stfu and do as they're told.  sO more innocent people   
    RW> will die.  CAn't make an omelet and all those other nice   
      
   BK>  Maybe just do some precision surgery of the Pakistan   
   BK>  intelligence service.   
      
   tHere's a thought.  ISI essentially operates with autonomy.   
      
   BK>  IF we are going to get serious about terrorism, the best place  to   
   BK> start is Saudi Arabia. But you already know that.   
      
   That's from whence the money flows.   
      
    RW> because that's the biggest danger right now.  so long as   
    RW> the government in ISlambad permits the Qaedas to operate   
    RW> freely they should be considered a rogue state, and treated   
    RW> accordingly.   
      
   BK>  More like a failed state. Or a failed state in the process of    
   BK> failing.   
      
   this is true, but they'll continue to fail unless something   
   drastic is made to happen.  Had to pause while writing this   
   msg for the xyl to read me an article from this morning's   
   paper.  Seems the government over there is breaking up.  THe more moderates   
   are bailing out of parliament and the cabinet twould appear.   
      
   BK>  OTOH, we need to rein in India's nuke activities also. Damn so    
   BK> much we need to do.   
      
   Right, and the way to rein in INdia's nuclear ambition is to deal with the   
   failed state which is their neighbor.   
      
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
   --- timEd 1.10.y2k+   
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