old mark
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Sun Nov-15-09 11:30 AM
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Anybody think we should be more concerned with Pakistan than Afghanistan? |
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After all, Pakistan: 1.is a very disorganized, factionalized country with some very radical quasi-military groups, and
2.has nuclear weapons.
Thoughts on this?
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Sun Nov-15-09 11:31 AM
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1. Obama and his administration all share that opinion |
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Edited on Sun Nov-15-09 11:32 AM by stray cat
However, they also think that events in Afghanistan affect Pakistan - which of course they do
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Sun Nov-15-09 11:45 AM
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2. I think we should be concerned about ourselves, and our apparent psychosis |
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that leads us to believe that we have the right to invade whomever we feel threatened by.
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Sun Nov-15-09 12:41 PM
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3. al-Qaeda is more than just a threat |
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That said, we should definitely focus on Pakistan. One big difference between Iraq and Afghanistan is that prior to our arrival there was an extreme minority of the aformentioned, not true in Afghanistan. you may disagree that a war should be fought, but there is a war. I feel it is naive to think that allowing parts of Africa and Pakistan to devolve will not cause bigger problems down the road.
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Sun Nov-15-09 01:07 PM
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Edited on Sun Nov-15-09 01:08 PM by ixion
but it's here, not in Afghanistan or Pakistan or Iraq or Iran.
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Sun Nov-15-09 02:34 PM
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5. yes. pakistan threat > iran + afghanistan...but |
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that doesnt mean we need to meddle more. we do it anyway but our press doesnt bother talking about it.
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