01-15-2006, 08:05 AM
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Junkie
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Maybe Pakistan is next! What the hell is the deal firing missiles into the territory of your most important ally in the Afghanistan fight and killing a couple dozen Pakistanis, includng women and children? Damn, even if you hit your target, you might never know with this approach.
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Well at least they could use our own planes against us if it escalated. I'm glad that at least someone (the defense contractors) will be winning the war on terror since they are supplying both sides of the conflicts.
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Bush: U.S. to Sell F-16s to Pakistan
Reversal, Decried by India, Is Coupled With Fighter-Jet Promise to New Delhi
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 26, 2005; Page A01
CRAWFORD, Tex., March 25 -- President Bush rewarded a key ally in the war on terrorism Friday by authorizing the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, a move that reversed 15 years of policy begun under his father and that India warned would destabilize the volatile region.
The United States barred the sale of F-16s to Pakistan in 1990 out of concern over its then-undeclared nuclear weapons program, but Bush has forged a close relationship with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf since Sept. 11, 2001, and considers his help crucial in the battle against Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist organization.....
.....Critics in Washington assailed the decision, saying the administration would effectively supply both sides in a new arms race in one of the world's most dangerous hot spots, even as it rewards an authoritarian government in Islamabad in conflict with Bush's stated commitment to promote democracy around the globe.
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