[Peace-discuss] Obama's Pakistan Katrina? Helicopters for War, But Not Flood Relief

[Robert Naiman]

"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," Rahm Emanuel said,
correctly. But if the White House does not prominently, quickly and
decisively bring all assets to bear in response to the flood crisis in
Pakistan, it will be letting a serious crisis go to waste. It will be
passing up an opportunity to show the Muslim world that the United
States cares more about saving Muslim lives than taking them away. It
will be passing up a unique opportunity to reframe and de-escalate the
conflict in Afghanistan. It will be crying "Uncle" to Islamist
militants in Pakistan, who in the battle for flood relief, are
cleaning our clocks.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/obamas-pakistan-katrina-h_b_678755.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/8/11/134653/210

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/670

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Just Foreign Policy
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