Comments on: Pakistan, The Taliban’s Indispensable Ally

By: Musharraf, Out of Tricks : Novakeo.com

Musharraf, Out of Tricks : Novakeo.com — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:17:53 +0000

[...] record in Afghanistan was even worse. As we’ve pointed out recently, every successful insurgency in Afghanistan since 1979 enjoyed safe haven in [...]

By: Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture | Your Home for Traditional Conservatism » Musharraf, Out of Tricks

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:30:26 +0000

[...] record in Afghanistan was even worse. As we’ve pointed out recently, every successful insurgency in Afghanistan since 1979 enjoyed safe haven in Pakistan—and the [...]

By: NGPM

NGPM — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:41:58 +0000

@9: If the Saudis were overthrown tomorrow, al-Qaeda or some similar faction would doubtless be the head of state, but the longer I'm alive, the more I wonder if perhaps that might not be a blessing in disguise. Among other things it would force the U.S. to deal with the beast seriously.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:42:50 +0000

When I was in Saudi Arabia in 1984, I was told that the Pakistani government had agreed to accept money from the Saudi's for a water and hydro-electric project, 19 years previously, in return for Pakistan accepting and implementing the Sharia Law. The same thing happened in the Sudan. Aid for Sharia. Also the Saudi's I knew at the time was petrified of then Prince, now King Abdullah. One Saudi told me that he would as easlily kill a man as a chicken. Remember, this is the same man who had his daughter executed for fooling around in Lebanon. The Saudi's are the head of the snake.

By: Paul D. Alexander

Paul D. Alexander — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:28:45 +0000

This is the poisonous fruit of interventionism.

By: james

james — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:39:05 +0000

@5Trifkovic

What do you think of Brezinski current policy towards Russia being director of ACPC and all and where it would lead?

Are the Serb majority happy with the status quo and looking towards joining the EU?

By: Theodore Van Oosbree

Theodore Van Oosbree — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:10:09 +0000

It is my understanding that, even if they had the will to do so, the government of Pakistan would be hard put to squash the Jihadis. They enjoy wide public support, are armed and ornery, and operate in remote tribal areas where the Pakistani military presence is negligible. The Pakistani government will take stern measures against them "when shrimp whistle".

By: Trifkovic

Trifkovic — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:02:12 +0000

In a 1999 interview with Le Nouvel Observateur, Dr. Brzezinski described how the Carter Administration had instigated Islamic resistance in Afghanistan and thus maneuvered Moscow into military intervention. Asked if he had any regrets about the consequences of that operation, Brzezinski was indignant:

B: Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want me to regret it?

Q: And neither do you regret having supported the Islamic fundamentalism, giving arms and advice to future terrorists?

B: What matters more to world history, the Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the cold war?

Q: Some stirred-up Moslems? But isn't Islamic fundamentalism a world menace today?

B: Nonsense! There is no global Islam.

By: james

james — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:49:47 +0000

@3robert reavis

Theres also a famous video of Zbignew Brezinski landing in Pakistan encouraging militants to fight the good jihad.
This is the same Brezinski in a 1998 interview to a Italian newspaper admitting that he concieved the Afghan war by training militants 6 months prior to the Soviet invasion luring them into Afghanistan. He also bragged of encouraging China to support Pol Pot in Cambodia.

By: Bill Wilder

Bill Wilder — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:03:47 +0000

Dr. Trifkovic,
If the airstrike yesterday is any indication (11 Pakistani soldiers killed who may have been fighting with the Taliban) your argument has merit. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7447608.stm

Regards,