Key senator lashes out at Pakistan government

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From CNN:

Washington (CNN) -- A top senator slammed Pakistan's government Friday, urging more action against terrorists and less complaining about American drone strikes.

"They have gone after some terrorist targets inside Pakistan but the ones they go after are the ones that threaten the Pakistan government," Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Michigan, said.

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"They object when we make mistakes," Levin said. "I mean we hit some Pakistani troops by mistake the other day and there is some strong blowback on that," he said. "This is understandable."

But the senator criticized Pakistan for failing to take the fight to the militants crossing their border into Afghanistan and attacking U.S., NATO and Afghan forces.

"Those folks are attacking across the border, they have some responsibility to go after them, and they haven't carried out that responsibility," Levin said.

Not a good week for U.S./Pakistan relations. Much more at the link- pruning down the story doesn't do the rest of the information presented justice.

PB

[asjr]

1. We have poured money into Pakistan for years.

What did they do with it? I bet the linings of some pockets have no holes.

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3. No shit, a lot of that money since Bush and before him and since....goes into Taliban pockets.

The late Shah Massoud bitterly complained about it as he tried to stop the Taliban. Right up to a few months before 9/11 when the Bush administration gave something like $43million to the Taliban. Of course Bin Laden had Massoud killed on 9/9/2001 to help ingratiate himself with the Taliban, who he hoped to protect him from the inevitable U.S. response for the attacks on the WTC towers.

Check out the video interview given to Dylan Ratigan by (forget his name) the author of Operation Dark Heart, the book the Pentagon bought up all the copies of and burned: The CIA is working against the U.S. in the war on terror. They're in bed with the ISI (who's in bed with the Taliban) and so much of what I've read shows there's a disconnect between the CIA and our military, mostly with the CIA pursuing it's "own" goals.

PB

[L0oniX]

2. Carl Levin ...the chicken hawk. The Afpakistan war is next.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Another, "Smoke 'em out", "Bring it on", "Stay the course" Democrat. Got Cowboy boots?

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5. At some point, you have to admit that a failed policy is a failed policy

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