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Yes, but my deficiency in

Flavius — Sat, 07 May 2011 05:27:39 +0000

In reply to Your headline, Flavius, is in

Yes, but my deficiency in taste is balanced by an excess of vulgarity.

I would also guess trainers

Flavius — Sat, 07 May 2011 05:24:17 +0000

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I would also guess trainers do not do neighborhood sweeps to ID local residents.

Of course.. And maybe the trainees don't either.

Since I'm responsible for excerpting Cole so as to convey a false impression , in fairness I should provide a fuller quote, Which rather than implying the trainers were delinquent instead suggests that nobody was:....

This large US presence just around the corner from “Waziristan House” where Bin Laden was staying, raises questions about whether the Pakistani military necessarily could have known about Bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad. .

I would guess 'US trainers'

NCD — Sat, 07 May 2011 00:36:02 +0000

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I would guess 'US trainers' do training within the military compound, and Bin Laden was neither being trained, nor hanging out at the Pakistan military base officer's club or commissary. I would also guess trainers do not do neighborhood sweeps to ID local residents.

Juan Cole, this is not an informed comment, just dumb blathering.

Your headline, Flavius, is in

acanuck — Fri, 06 May 2011 23:54:53 +0000

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Your headline, Flavius, is in terrible taste. But I admit to laughing.

That US embassy "employee"

chucktrotter — Fri, 06 May 2011 23:03:10 +0000

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That US embassy "employee" that offed those two Pakistani citizens a few weeks ago and, ultimately, was released to return to the states was a damn good shooter. I wonder...