Friday, June 25, 2010

the day of the vulture

with apologies to Fredrick Forsyth for pillaging the name of his excellent thriller

looks like Obama is now publicly declaring his real intent of handing over afghanistan to pakistan. nothing like a well timed article in the atlanticist rag to start building 'public opinion' eh? this is the culmination of 'surge, bribe and run' - which actually turned out to be 'surge, turn turtle and run like hell'

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/world/asia/25islamabad.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

most interesting lines are these of course

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Some officials in the Obama administration have not ruled out incorporating the Haqqani network in an Afghan settlement, though they stress that President Obama’s policy calls for Al Qaeda to be separated from the network. American officials are skeptical that that can be accomplished

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sigh - these yanks are like the Bourbons truly. learn nothing - and forget nothing!