[Peace-discuss] End the war against pakistan
C. G. Estabrook
galliher at illinois.edu
Fri Sep 24 13:35:30 CDT 2010
A major goal of US policy in the Mideast for years has been the control of
Pakistan, where we originally encouraged jihadism and the development of nuclear
weapons in violation the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The administration's question is whether the authorities in Pakistan are "honest
politicians" in the sense defined by Lincoln's Secretary of War at the outbreak
of the Civil War: "An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay
bought."
The Obama administration is enforcing its arrangements in the way it seems to
prefer, by killing people:
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/09/23/cia-expanded-us-ground-war-into-pakistan/
(with links).
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