The Cheney/Bush administration screwed the Afghanistan people and our troops who were fighting the terrorists who really did attack our country on 9/11 by running away from the ‘war on terror’ hijacking it for neoconservative desires in Iraq and at home. The Taliban is regaining strength in Afghanistan. Osama Bin Laden is still free and in charge of Al Qaeda which is gaining strength and free reign in western Pakistan. We can’t do anything to curtail their growth because we are bogged down in Iraq while seriously running down the morale and readiness of our military. Our continuing occupation of Iraq is harming us while allowing Al Qaeda to grow in organization, strength and territory to be able to set up training camps along with a platform to attack us.
General Pervez Musharraf is a military dictator who acquired power by way of a coup. He’s just the latest example of ‘our dictator in the pocket’, at least until it all falls apart. Human Rights in Pakistan are horrendous, they have weapons of ‘mass destruction’, those who would attack us are educated, harbored and trained within their borders, and bin Laden is protected there.
So we are stuck with a dictator with the Bomb, pointed at India, facing a Taliban-like insurgency that will have the Bomb, pointed at whomever, if they launch a successful coup. There is general dissatisfaction and protest among the population who Musharraf abuses for his own power-lust. The ‘declare success then cut and run’ tactic employed by the Bush administration in Afghanistan so we could engage in their dirty little occupation in Iraq has left this area of the globe much more unstable. And were left coddling another human rights violating dictator for short term gain hoping he will do for us what we should have done ourselves.
If we know where Bin Laden is we should get him regardless of what Musharraf might say but to launch any military attack against Pakistan after the mess which was made in Iraq would be fool hardy at best especially with this current group we have occupying the Whitehouse. The next administration is left with diplomacy, Barack Obama , with human rights as its cornerstone. In all international dealings most feel that our national interests should be first and foremost. But when we side with a dictator against the best interests of the countries own citizens it always does them and us a great disservice.
From Amnesty International…
Annual Report
PAKISTAN
http://www.amnestyusa.org/annualreport.php?id=ar&yr=2007&c=PAK
from Human Rights Watch…
Pakistan's General Problem
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/06/27/pakist16263.htm
Is There a Human Rights Double Standard?US Policy Toward Saudi Arabia, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/06/14/usint16481.htm
Pakistan: Pandering to Extremists Fuels Persecution of Ahmadis
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/05/06/pakist15848.htm
Bill Moyers on the continuing problems in Afghanistan.
General Pervez Musharraf is a military dictator who acquired power by way of a coup. He’s just the latest example of ‘our dictator in the pocket’, at least until it all falls apart. Human Rights in Pakistan are horrendous, they have weapons of ‘mass destruction’, those who would attack us are educated, harbored and trained within their borders, and bin Laden is protected there.
So we are stuck with a dictator with the Bomb, pointed at India, facing a Taliban-like insurgency that will have the Bomb, pointed at whomever, if they launch a successful coup. There is general dissatisfaction and protest among the population who Musharraf abuses for his own power-lust. The ‘declare success then cut and run’ tactic employed by the Bush administration in Afghanistan so we could engage in their dirty little occupation in Iraq has left this area of the globe much more unstable. And were left coddling another human rights violating dictator for short term gain hoping he will do for us what we should have done ourselves.
If we know where Bin Laden is we should get him regardless of what Musharraf might say but to launch any military attack against Pakistan after the mess which was made in Iraq would be fool hardy at best especially with this current group we have occupying the Whitehouse. The next administration is left with diplomacy, Barack Obama , with human rights as its cornerstone. In all international dealings most feel that our national interests should be first and foremost. But when we side with a dictator against the best interests of the countries own citizens it always does them and us a great disservice.
From Amnesty International…
Annual Report
PAKISTAN
http://www.amnestyusa.org/annualreport.php?id=ar&yr=2007&c=PAK
from Human Rights Watch…
Pakistan's General Problem
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/06/27/pakist16263.htm
Is There a Human Rights Double Standard?US Policy Toward Saudi Arabia, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/06/14/usint16481.htm
Pakistan: Pandering to Extremists Fuels Persecution of Ahmadis
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/05/06/pakist15848.htm
Bill Moyers on the continuing problems in Afghanistan.
If our presence in Iraq is futile or more destructive to them and us than our absence then we must leave.
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