US commanders claimed that a previous peace deal with militants in North Waziristan in 2005 led to a tripling of attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan.

A previous deal with Mehsud, which involved paying him large sums of money, failed after several weeks.

Jesus.

Maybe he made a secret backdoor deal with Jack Bauer which will lead to the disarming of a nuclear warhead? Don't you watch TV?

Don't tell me they cut a deal with that motherfarking sunroof.

"President Musharraf is a courageous leader and a friend of the United States. America has a strong relationship with Pakistan, and we have benefitted from the industry and the talents of Pakistani Americans."

-George W. Bush

Wow, if it were America they would have scapegoated him. You know it was Mushareff, not this putz.

Well, this is not exactly the assassin who killed Bhutto. The guy they cut a deal with is a major leader in the region. Pakistan is smart to try something different. Besides, they can always betray him later. Relax!

Well that's just spiffy.

What is this feeling I'm having right now?

Ah yes... the feeling of not being surprised by this at all.

Pakistan is all over this. Paying people not to shoot at them, it worked so well for US. Oh wait....

Dr.Zom: US commanders claimed that a previous peace deal with militants in North Waziristan in 2005 led to a tripling of attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan.

A previous deal with Mehsud, which involved paying him large sums of money, failed after several weeks.

Jesus.

Fark.

FlyPanAm: Pakistan is all over this. Paying people not to shoot at them, it worked so well for US. Oh wait....

Dr.Zom: US commanders claimed that a previous peace deal with militants in North Waziristan in 2005 led to a tripling of attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan.

A previous deal with Mehsud, which involved paying him large sums of money, failed after several weeks.

Jesus.

Fark.

"We do not negotiate with terrorists! We do however pay them huge sums of money and hope that they will be nice."

Looks like we are losing Pakistan as an ally... and with their nuclear arsenal and the continuous saber rattling between them and India, this does not bode well... Kashmir is going to be the start of WWIII...

SlappyKincaid: Looks like we are losing Pakistan as an ally... and with their nuclear arsenal and the continuous saber rattling between them and India, this does not bode well... Kashmir is going to be the start of WWIII...

You never had Pakistan as an "ally", you had them as a geographical sugar-daddy for the invasion of Afghanistan, and I'm quite sure there were some sweet deals for in the department of interest-free loans, arms purchases and so on.

Cornwell:
You never had Pakistan as an "ally", you had them as a geographical sugar-daddy for the invasion of Afghanistan, and I'm quite sure there were some sweet deals for in the department of interest-free loans, arms purchases and so on.

We were pretty cozy with Mushariff and while they definitely weren't allies in the traditional sense of common ideology, they were the closest thing we had in the region, Saudi Arabia being another one like this!

At least thats my take on it!

Why can't other countries control their tribes like the U.S. controlled it's tribes during the great western expansion? Silver forked tongued bastards!

SlappyKincaid: Cornwell:
You never had Pakistan as an "ally", you had them as a geographical sugar-daddy for the invasion of Afghanistan, and I'm quite sure there were some sweet deals for in the department of interest-free loans, arms purchases and so on.

We were pretty cozy with Mushariff and while they definitely weren't allies in the traditional sense of common ideology, they were the closest thing we had in the region, Saudi Arabia being another one like this!

At least thats my take on it!

"You base our aircrafts, and we fail to notice your complete disdain for things like democracy, human rights, freedom of speech, and we all get along 'splendedly."

Fine summary, works well for the Turkish case as well.

Cornwell:

"You base our aircrafts, and we fail to notice your complete disdain for things like democracy, human rights, freedom of speech, and we all get along 'splendedly."

Fine summary, works well for the Turkish case as well.



Thats a bit sad, but true I think...

I still believe our greatest ally in the region is Israel...

SlappyKincaid: Cornwell:

"You base our aircrafts, and we fail to notice your complete disdain for things like democracy, human rights, freedom of speech, and we all get along 'splendedly."

Fine summary, works well for the Turkish case as well.



Thats a bit sad, but true I think...

I still believe our greatest ally in the region is Israel...

I thought alliances required a mutual effort, that is another one-way relationship.

Cornwell:
I thought alliances required a mutual effort, that is another one-way relationship.



Well in that respect, basically all of our alliances are very one sided! we receive very little from most of our allies!!!

SlappyKincaid: Looks like we are losing Pakistan as an ally... and with their nuclear arsenal and the continuous saber rattling between them and India, this does not bode well... Kashmir is going to be the start of WWIII...

Continued saber-rattling with India? I don't think you have been reading the news lately. The India vs. Pakistan paradigm seems to be shifting.

alybaba: SlappyKincaid: Looks like we are losing Pakistan as an ally... and with their nuclear arsenal and the continuous saber rattling between them and India, this does not bode well... Kashmir is going to be the start of WWIII...

Continued saber-rattling with India? I don't think you have been reading the news lately. The India vs. Pakistan paradigm seems to be shifting.

Yeah, now they're more concerned with who does better in cricket.

SlappyKincaid

I still believe our greatest ally in the region is Israel...

Given that we just caught another guy spying on us for Israel, "greatest" should be taken with a grain of salt.

alybaba:

Continued saber-rattling with India? I don't think you have been reading the news lately. The India vs. Pakistan paradigm seems to be shifting.

I wouldn't be so sure! Kashmir is still a hotly contested zone and the history of violence between the two nations goes up and down... we may be seeing a lull in the action but we aren't out of the woods yet!!!
Tyrone Slothrop:
Given that we just caught another guy spying on us for Israel, "greatest" should be taken with a grain of salt.


Oh most definitely!!! Israel is far from perfect and I definitely have issues with them. However given the status of all of the other nations in the region, Israel is till our greatest ally there!


:)

SlappyKincaid

Tyrone Slothrop:
Given that we just caught another guy spying on us for Israel, "greatest" should be taken with a grain of salt.


Oh most definitely!!! Israel is far from perfect and I definitely have issues with them. However given the status of all of the other nations in the region, Israel is till our greatest ally there!

True, in the same sense that getting kicked in the nuts is better than having your eyes gouged out.

/(Singing) And you penis split and your bottom burnt off...

Kind of like the US federal government did with CIA employee Luis Posada Carriles, the terrorist who blew up a passenger airliner and killed all 73 people on board back in 1976.



This CIA scumbag was also involved in smuggling materiel for Ollie North. This terrorist is now living in Florida.

It's not terrorism when the CIA does it!

Cornwell Yeah, now they're more concerned with who does better in cricket.

That will probably cause us to break out into war some day- to be perfectly honest.

importedbeer: Cornwell Yeah, now they're more concerned with who does better in cricket.

That will probably cause us to break out into war some day- to be perfectly honest.

Only after someone figures out the rules.

Tyrone Slothrop:

True, in the same sense that getting kicked in the nuts is better than having your eyes gouged out.

/(Singing) And you penis split and your bottom burnt off...
LOL... fair enough... I don't think its that bad but I get what you're saying!

Nice touch with this Brave Sir Robin btw.... :)