President Barack Obama was reported today to be resisting calls by other US officials to launch a series of drone strikes against the Pakistani city of Quetta, with multiple media outlets claiming the president thought such a belligerent act was “risky and unwise.”
Always quick to find ways to disappoint people hoping that Obama would be a force for peace, the president then issued a statement in which he openly threatens to attack Quetta and chastized the Pakistani government for not doing so.
US officials have been reported to be in “real discussions” about attacking Quetta over the past several weeks, despite angry opposition from the Pakistani government and warnings that such an attack could spell the end to long-standing Pakistani cooperation with the drone attacks.
The US has claimed that the so-called Quetta Shura, a group of Taliban fighters that relocated to the city after the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, is controlling much of the Afghan insurgency to this day, while Pakistan insists that the group’s threat is seriously overrated and security forces have already degraded them significantly.
I thought that if one nation attacked a city in another nation with missiles/bombs it would be considered an act of war and such an act of war would only be justified if the attacking nation considered themselves in imminent danger of being attacked. Oh, silly me, that was before 9/11 changed everything.
Well you see Mr.Obama is in imminent danger of losing his marbles so this attack is justified.
Pakistan ought to kick out the Taliban from Quetta.
Simple as that
Does anybody know who the Taliban are? How do you diffentiate one Pushtan Tribesman fro another?
There is no "Taliban" as the kidnapped New York Times reporter said in his recent series on his experiences. What UsRael refers to as "the Taliban" is a loose knit group of warlords, each with their own gripes and agendas.
In another thread someone asked what India has to do with this. India (and I spent a few years there) has a very strong and powerful Hindu nationalist movement, one which pathologically hates Muslims. Although, oddly enough, they sometimes form coalitions.
These Hindu nationalists cannot forget the trauma of the partition of India and Pakistan, and other flare-ups, like the fight over that stupid temple, the ground under which is beloved by both Hindus and Muslims (sound familiar? Dome of the Rock, I'm looking at you)
India is like Israel in the sense that fanatics of one religion, Hinduism, hate the other religions and will kill followers. Christians in India have it rough too – there have been recent massacres of both Christians and Muslims.
Israel, recognizing a host organism when she sees one, has been wooing India for years with sweet words about their mutual fight against "Islamic terrorism" and technology, much of it stolen or given to Israel by the US.
Thus Israel and India have united in trying to destroy their mutual enemy, Pakistan.
Lest we forget, Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, stated in March, 2009, that Afghanistan and Pakistan were the greatest threats to Israel.
That explains it all.
so whats gona happen?
american forces attack quetta, leading to a general uprising against the central government, who will be seen as complicit
baluchistan declares its independence. pakistani army moves in to suppress the uprising.
india makes its move and starts rolling in on the punjab.
largest battles any of us have ever seen ensues.
nuclear weapons are used by either or both sides.
and then, expect unforeseen consequences….
Despite all claims to the contrary it appears now that the Pakistani government has already consented to US drone attacks on its territory in the tribal area. On what basis can the same government now object to attack on Quetta? Or, indeed, on any other city which the US officials 'determine' to be a hiding place of terrorists who threaten US interests.
The real intent of all this is not known to 'we the people'. What we see as grave dangers is perhaps seen as great opportunity by the war-monger class of both countries.
There is no "Taliban" as the kidnapped New York Times reporter said in his recent series on his experiences. What UsRael refers to as "the Taliban" is a loose knit group of warlords, each with their own gripes and agendas.
In another thread someone asked what India has to do with this. India (and I spent a few years there) has a very strong and powerful Hindu nationalist movement, one which pathologically hates Muslims. Although, oddly enough, they sometimes form coalitions.
These Hindu nationalists cannot forget the trauma of the partition of India and Pakistan, and other flare-ups, like the fight over that stupid temple, the ground under which is beloved by both Hindus and Muslims (sound familiar? Dome of the Rock, I'm looking at you)
India is like Israel in the sense that fanatics of one religion, Hinduism, hate the other religions and will kill followers. Christians in India have it rough too – there have been recent massacres of both Christians and Muslims.
Israel, recognizing a host organism when she sees one, has been wooing India for years with sweet words about their mutual fight against "Islamic terrorism" and technology, much of it stolen or given to Israel by the US.
Thus Israel and India have united in trying to destroy their mutual enemy, Pakistan.
Lest we forget, Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, stated in March, 2009, that Afghanistan and Pakistan were the greatest threats to Israel.
That explains it all.
Sounds like Obama should bring in his mother inlaw to perform some witchcraft.