Perhaps nothing better explains the Bush "strategery" for the GWOT, TWAT, or whatever you want to call it than the--how say?--DELICATE approach we've taken towards our strongest "ally," Pakistan.
If you DON'T think the rest of the world notices, well, then you're just plain nuts. Virtually EVERYTHING Team Bush has accused "the evil doers/militant Islamicists/Islamo-fascists/whatever is being done in spades in the Indus valley:
Nuclear (that's nu-CLE-ar, not nu-KU-lar, dumbshit) prolfieration? Check.
Harboring international terrorists? Check.
Non-democratic? Check.
Oh, and take the western provinces, aka the Tribal Belt--please.
The truth is, regardless of what the Pakistan government says one day--or the next--that global terrorism, yes, IS a dangerous, complex problem. Hell, in all honesty, I'm actually GLAD there appears to be a limit to Team Bush stupidity: aside from an idiotic and unsuccessful air strike, they haven't managed to bungle their way into a war THERE.
Which, if you think about it, pretty much lays bare their lies: if the BIGGEST problem in the region requires, ahem, diplomacy and police work (i.e., NUANCE), then war is NOT a defining element...war instead becomes, well, just a bullying tactic used against the small fry.
And we've seen how successful THAT is in Operation Enduring Clusterfuck...
Well, anyway, the only real surprise re: bin Laden's golden parachute, is that the Pakistani government's admitted what is already their de facto policy--appeasement. Live and
Hell, under those circumstances, bin Laden probably CAN retire to a quiet life in Waziristan (with the occasional foray into broadcast media)--the western reaction has got to be beyond his wildest dreams.
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