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

[John W.]

In the past Carl Levin has impressed me as being a little more intelligent
or principled than this.



On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:49 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>wrote:


> [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.
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