Musharaf

Submitted by rick (United States), Sep 13, 2006 at 18:02

Well, Jaladhi, , you're probably right about him. I didn't know he does "an arafat" meaning one speech in English about "peace" and one in Arabic extolling jihad. Maybe that is a Muslim characteristic.

Pakistanis are fanatics about their Islam. Maybe it is due to feeling "second rate to Arabs" or maybe it is India and that hate which seems almost genetic.

But they have nuclear bombs and two years ago Colin Powell rushed to defuse a very dangerous situation on the border with a million - yes a million Indian troops ready to go in and Pakistan saying c'mon we got the bombs and we will use them. Very scary. ANd if Iran gets the bomb, we'll see that there too.

The US, instead of drawing upo a dossier on this Khan to show Mushsaraf, should have killed him. No Khan, no nuclear secrets to Libya, Iran, etc. Just as in the Islamic Republic of Iran. No scientists - no bomb, but we missed that stop and wouldn't have gotten off anyway.

Why kill thousands and thousands when you can kill dozens and the threat subsides? Basically that's my philosophy.

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