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out of our depth here and

jollyroger — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:56:56 +0000

In reply to The article is a bit of an

out of our depth here and being played for suckers. .

Like the million bucks we gave the fake Talib to bribe him over to our side?

The article is a bit of an

acanuck — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:19:01 +0000

In reply to Pakistan's secret dirty war: The battle for Balochistan

The article is a bit of an eye-opener, isn't it? What it doesn't even touch on is the U.S. role in funding and arming Baloch separatist groups in Iran, while Pakistan's ISI -- the West's supposed ally -- tries to crush the corresponding nationalist movement on its side of the border.

Similarly, the ISI aids (some say directs) Taliban forces within Pakistan that are fighting Hamid Karzai's Afghan government that western troops are trying to prop up, as well as bankrolling Islamist extremists carrying out terror attacks in India, another western ally.

These are very, very tangled webs -- and if the West were smart, we'd know we are out of our depth here and being played for suckers. We're apparently not very smart.

Of course the Balochs are

jollyroger — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:03:00 +0000

In reply to Pakistan's secret dirty war: The battle for Balochistan

Of course the Balochs are pissed...they didn't get any spot in the acronym that is Pakistan's name.

BTW, I'm given to understand that when the Pashtuns want to scare their kids, they tell them the Baloch are gonna get them. In other words, they are badder than the baddest tribe around.