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

[C. G. Estabrook]

He's intelligent enough to notice - through the administration's propaganda fog
- that the US war in the Mideast is directed against Pakistan - which because of
its importance (2/3 the population of the US, a larger army, & nuclear weapons)
is the biggest potential roadblock to US domination of the energy-rich region.


On 7/14/10 8:57 PM, John W. wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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.
>