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Pakistan's Musharraf to resign as president
In article q0spk.7608$%b7.6765@edtnps82,
says... "tankfixer" wrote in message ... In article afrpk.7555$%b7.4736@edtnps82, says... "Zombywoof" wrote in message ... On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:37:42 +0100, "William Black" wrote: "La N" wrote in message news:lL6pk.7156$%b7.6619@edtnps82... "eatfastnoodle" wrote in message ... On Aug 14, 9:16 pm, "La N" wrote: "Tiger" wrote in message ... Just when the world is watching something else, the other shoe drops.... Yahoo! News Pakistan's Musharraf to resign as president: report 2 hours, 56 minutes ago Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf will resign rather than face impeachment by parliament, the Financial Times said on its Web site, citing government officials and a member of his circle. Just yesterday, I believe, I was watching on some news shows interviews with Pakistanis who say that the hatred that Pakistanis have had against America is because of the US support of Musharraf who is very unpopular in his own country. It's going to be interesting to see what happens next. - nilita I believe it's more of the other way around. Musharraf is hated because of his alliance with US. Blair used to be hottie NO.1 in Britain until he became Bush's poodle NO.1 in the eyes of his countrymen. The former Spanish prime minister got himself voted out of office because he was seen too close to the US. I suppose you don't seriously believe US is hated because of Musharraf? I mean, come on. **************** Okay, you tell me .... why *do* the Pakistanis hate the U.S.? Because the US Air Force keeps blowing up weddings there by mistake... Funny thing about bombs, once released they sorta go where they are going to go. Also, if it wasn't a tradition to blast away with your AK @ Weddings I suspect there might be less of them bombed. -- Oh, tell me about it! I think the best thing to do would be to invade those wacky Muslim countries and force them to change their customs and culture! That's interesting. I recall back a during the 1990's there were calls about how terrible the Taliban were in thier treatment of women. And that has to do with my tongue-in-cheek comment ... what .....? some of those complaining seemed to be acting like we should go stop them, But, to fine tune it for you, Tanky, here was my implication. Wolfie was blaming the innocent victims for being bombed by the U.S., because it is their custom to shoot AKs airwards at weddings. Blaming the victims and their tribal wedding customs is not going to win you hearts and minds. Pointing out that shooting weapons into the air in an area with insugents around is a bad idea is blaming the victims ? -- War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made so and kept so by the exertions of much better men than himself. John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873) English economist and philosopher. |
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Pakistan's Musharraf to resign as president
"tankfixer" wrote in message ... In article q0spk.7608$%b7.6765@edtnps82, But, to fine tune it for you, Tanky, here was my implication. Wolfie was blaming the innocent victims for being bombed by the U.S., because it is their custom to shoot AKs airwards at weddings. Blaming the victims and their tribal wedding customs is not going to win you hearts and minds. Pointing out that shooting weapons into the air in an area with insugents around is a bad idea is blaming the victims ? You're right, Tanky, and I'm wrong. The Pakistanis understand all this friendly fire business and love the U.S. to pieces. - nilita |
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Pakistan's Musharraf to resign as president
In article 8gspk.7620$%b7.5352@edtnps82,
says... "tankfixer" wrote in message ... In article q0spk.7608$%b7.6765@edtnps82, But, to fine tune it for you, Tanky, here was my implication. Wolfie was blaming the innocent victims for being bombed by the U.S., because it is their custom to shoot AKs airwards at weddings. Blaming the victims and their tribal wedding customs is not going to win you hearts and minds. Pointing out that shooting weapons into the air in an area with insugents around is a bad idea is blaming the victims ? You're right, Tanky, and I'm wrong. The Pakistanis understand all this friendly fire business and love the U.S. to pieces. Hey I don't care if you don't want to hear it. More rational an explanation than the fellow who want''s to claim it policy to go around shooting up weddings. -- War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made so and kept so by the exertions of much better men than himself. John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873) English economist and philosopher. |
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Pakistan's Musharraf to resign as president
"Zombywoof" wrote in message ... On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:37:42 +0100, "William Black" wrote: "La N" wrote in message news:lL6pk.7156$%b7.6619@edtnps82... "eatfastnoodle" wrote in message ... On Aug 14, 9:16 pm, "La N" wrote: "Tiger" wrote in message ... Just when the world is watching something else, the other shoe drops.... Yahoo! News Pakistan's Musharraf to resign as president: report 2 hours, 56 minutes ago Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf will resign rather than face impeachment by parliament, the Financial Times said on its Web site, citing government officials and a member of his circle. Just yesterday, I believe, I was watching on some news shows interviews with Pakistanis who say that the hatred that Pakistanis have had against America is because of the US support of Musharraf who is very unpopular in his own country. It's going to be interesting to see what happens next. - nilita I believe it's more of the other way around. Musharraf is hated because of his alliance with US. Blair used to be hottie NO.1 in Britain until he became Bush's poodle NO.1 in the eyes of his countrymen. The former Spanish prime minister got himself voted out of office because he was seen too close to the US. I suppose you don't seriously believe US is hated because of Musharraf? I mean, come on. **************** Okay, you tell me .... why *do* the Pakistanis hate the U.S.? Because the US Air Force keeps blowing up weddings there by mistake... Funny thing about bombs, once released they sorta go where they are going to go. Also, if it wasn't a tradition to blast away with your AK @ Weddings I suspect there might be less of them bombed. Undoubtedly. You are displaying the legendary contempt and ignorance for other cultures often shown by your countrymen when travelling abroad. It's not 'quaint', it's how people live. If you are dropping bombs on people because of their lifestyle you're going to lose. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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Pakistan's Musharraf to resign as president
"tankfixer" wrote in message ... Pointing out that shooting weapons into the air in an area with insugents around is a bad idea is blaming the victims ? If you're dropping bombs on weddings the implication is thst there's nobody on the ground shouting 'don't shoot, it's a wedding'. In that case they're not insurgents, they're the local government... .. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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Pakistan's Musharraf to resign as president
"Zombywoof" wrote in message ... Perhaps one day they will simply Nuke each other & be done with it. Except the Pakistanis can't hit anything south of Delhi. Which means that they can't hit the huge Indian bases in Maharashtra and Goa, which means they're stuffed, and, chances are, India gets reunified... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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