2013年1月27日星期日

the Al Qaida and what Pakistan


The war in Afghanistan is now 8 years old and the United States is nowhere in beating the hell out of Al Qaida. It is a dangerous war where the enemy is every where and has safe sanctuaries in Pakistan. It is thought that Osama Bin Laden is in the Frontier region of Pakistan and perhaps beats by dre cheap a few people in the Pakistan establishment may even know where he is. Thus the United Sates is fighting a war with one hand strapped to the back. It does not help that the President has little or no knowledge of military operations. Hence the case of General Stanley McChrystal gets a bit curious. The general was brought to the Afghan theater a year back to try and finish the Islamic militants. But some how he and the President Obama did not click and the generals penchant for airing his views and opinions against the civilians has landed him in deep soup. Obama has some hard decisions to take. He has to put a general in charge of Afghanistan who understands the enemy and can fight them at their own game. Generals who talk more and don't deliver must be shown the door. In addition Obama has the tough decision to take against the sanctuaries in Pakistan. These are the life blood of the Al Qaida and what Pakistan thinks is its strategic depth against India. This war cannot be won till these havens in Pakistan are destroyed. The various training camps in Punjab and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir have also to be obliterated. We should not forget that the mighty Soviet army had to bite the dust as the Islamic insurrection fueled from the safe havens of Pakistan with overt United States and Pakistan support made life difficult for the Soviets. There is no change in the situation, only the Soviets have been replaced by the USA. There is no doubt that in their zeal to defeat the Soviets the American at that time thought it fit to support the Moslem insurgent groups like Al Qaida and Taliban albeit with different names. In real terms it is the raising of the beats by dre pro headphones Hydra and it will be tough going for the US Army. The European powers allied with NATO in Afghanistan are already developing cold feet and would like to make an exit as early as possible. Even the UK with 10,000 troops may find it difficult to continue in case the casualties rise and victory is not in sight. Obama has inherited a legacy of a conflict with a resurgent Islamic militarism. His choices are limited and there is a need a for bold decisions. Will he be up to the task. There are things beyond your understandings. The evil of Lucifer himself would befall me if I left you stay here, and consider me a devious plot, as I did many years ago to my compadres, he is the only one of the angelic forces that know where I am, other than those that have joined me from those far-off days, also renegades. I do not even dare to slay you, lest I face a dreamless existence wondering if the Almighty will come down and have someone put a heel under me. Thus, all these manuscripts are forbidden for you to read, what you have learned is very little..." When Rosa and I awoke, we were resting in our beds in Jerusalem in our four-star hotel, with a golden sun melting through the window glass of our room. It was like we had vanished from the underworld, on a cloud. I jumped out of bed, walked to the window, there it was, the world at large, the rain was gone, and all was beautiful, and I asked Rosa, "Should we rejoin our cheap beats by dre wireless tour from Peru, today?" She was already up. "Sure she said, Father Manuel was looking forward to going to...?" and she had forgotten where.

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