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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:17 AM Original message |
The Question that needs to be asked...Why did Bush Cultivate Pakistan as an Ally? |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Because Pakistan has nukes? |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. So does India... |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Capturing or killing him would have put the Iraqi |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. There must have been money in it somewhere for the Bush family |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. We would have to eliminate about 1/2 of our allies if we |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. Musharraf had a long relationship with BFEE, before Bush took office in 2001. BCCI facilitated |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. The administration is going to open a can of worms by pursuing this |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. Probably for the same misguided reasons Osama was cultivated |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Misguided? I think I can sum up the reason succinctly... |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. There is no oil in Afghanistan and that is where we propped up |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. No, but there's oil in that whole area of the world, and that's why |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I believe so. It was more for the coraling the Russians is my take |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
10. Musharraf gave a very plainspoken answer to Jon Stewart on this very point. (VIDEO) |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. War is $$$$ and OBL alive justified the war. Lip-service-wise. nt |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
12. Pakistan was our ally long before Bush became president. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
16. remember reading that General Mahmoud (sp) from |
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