[Peace-discuss] Dem senator admits that the war is against Pakistan

[C. G. Estabrook]

[It wouldn't take much effort to find USG statements from 45 years ago about how 
"the South Vietnamese government has 'accepted, off the record' the need for air 
strikes [that kill civilians] and that they are actually 'helping' South Vietnam 
in its assorted wars in the region, each of which of course has been demanded by 
the US." Also statements about how the ARVN ("Army of the Republic of Vietnam") 
was "respected"... --CGE]

	Sen. Levin Calls for More Attacks Against Pakistan Tribal Areas
	Says Pakistani Groups 'Directly Threaten the Afghan Mission'
	by Jason Ditz, July 13, 2010

Speaking to reporters at a breakfast this morning, Sen. Carl Levin (D – MI) 
called for escalating the Obama Administration’s policies of airstrikes against 
Pakistan’s tribal areas, and singled out a major tribal group for inclusion on 
the US terrorism list.

“We know where they are, we know where their headquarters is,” Levin declared, 
adding that he believes the various militant groups “directly threaten the 
Afghan mission” and that they should be targeted.

Addressing previous complaints about the large number of civilian deaths in the 
attacks, Levin insisted that he believes the Pakistani government has “accepted, 
off the record” the need for the air strikes and that they are actually 
“helping” Pakistan in its assorted wars in the region, each of which of course 
has been demanded by the US.

Levin, who was recently in Pakistan and Afghanistan, also praised the ongoing 
war, declaring that Afghanistan’s army is “respected” by people now and that 
they will more than meet administration targets for the size of the military.