Dion Blows Up Lib Policy on Afghanistan

[Bragi]

QUEBEC -- Any attempt to counter terrorists war-torn Afghanistan will not succeed without an intervention in neighbouring Pakistan, Liberal Leader Stephane Dion said Wednesday.

Mr. Dion hinted NATO could take action in Pakistan, which has a porous border with Afghanistan, if the Pakistani government doesn't move to track terrorists.

"We are going to have to discuss that very actively if they (the Pakistanis) are not able to deal with it on their own. We could consider that option with the NATO forces in order to help Pakistan help us pacify Afghanistan," said Mr. Dion in Quebec City, commenting after his two-day trip to Afghanistan last weekend. "As long as we don't solve the problem in Pakistan, I don't see how we can solve it in Afghanistan."

I think this idiotic statement pretty well rules out any coherence whatsoever in the Liberal's policy on Afghanistan.

Saying that NATO should go into Pakistan is pretty much akin to saying that to "win" the Afghanistan war, Dion thinks the U.S (which is who it would be invading, not NATO) should invade Pakistan, an action that would most likely result in the toppling of the current government by radical Islamists, civil war in Pakistan, and the long-term military ocupation of the country by the US.

This was a dreadfully stupid utterance by Dion.

- B

[daleo]

1. How about a link?

I would like to see the context.

Agreed that widening the war is just digging a deeper hole.

[Bragi]

2. Go to google news...

... and put in "Dion and Afghanistan" and you'll get all the context you need.

- B