Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Pakistan--Reading Tea Leaves

It would appear to be big news that Pakistan now wants it to look like they are safeguarding Al Qaeda and that we may have to go to war with them to get to Monolith Base up in Waziristan. But it's hard to tell what is really going on here. Either the new government has no control over the military, large elements of which may actually want to go to protect Al Qaeda and go to war with us, or the new government is making a show of repelling Americans because they were elected to be a little anti-American, but they will start cooperating with us again in a month or so. After all, Pakistan is a country with a flair for the dramatic. Consider that Musharraf is basically their most successful leader ever because he has not yet been executed or forced to leave the country. So I hope it's just a show.

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