OBL/ISI - Pakistan's to some 'splaining to do.

[RainDog]

It seems that, just as the SEALs were completing a mission in which it was necessary to not inform Pakistan of their actions (because of the problems with the ISI and their support of al q and the taliban)...

The issue of U.S. aid to Pakistan is also part of the current discussion in Congress.

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/congress-may-dock-pakistan-933616.html

"Congress may consider docking the almost $1.3 billion dollars in annual aid to Pakistan if it turns out the Islamabad government knew where Osama bin Laden was hiding, the head of the Senate Intelligence committee said Tuesday."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Rushdie-demands-Pakistan-be-declared-terrorist-state-US-lawmakers-threaten-aid-halt/articleshow/8153609.cms

Salmon Rushdie wants the world to declare Pakistan a terrorist state.

"Author Salman Rushdie, target of extremists for many years, led the way in demanding that Pakistan be declared a terrorist state, as the dodgy US ally is coming under fire from across the American political spectrum for its fostering of terrorism and using it as a policy option.

Osama bin Laden has given way to Pakistan as the trending topic in US political and media discourse as the country's flirtation with terrorism is being exposed ruthlessly."

And what has this moment demonstrated about effective counter terrorism?

"The death of Osama bin Laden stands to reshape U.S. policy in a tumultuous region by strengthening the position of officials in Washington who want to sharply scale down the 10-year-old war in Afghanistan war and placing dangerous new strains on the shaky U.S. partnership with Pakistan.

One day after the bin Laden died in a hail of American gunfire, many argued that the mission showed that the United States is better off by focusing narrowly on striking militant leaders, rather than trying to defend Afghanistan's population with 130,000 troops."

The reality is that Pakistan could have made it possible to capture OBL long ago. If they want aid, they're going to have to be a better ally. They need to do some housecleaning.

"It is almost impossible to conceive that military and intelligence services in Pakistan did not know about the existence of this unusual compound," said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He suggested action against billions of dollars in U.S. aid to Islamabad.

In a telling response, Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser would not defend the Pakistanis.

Read more: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/05/02/1997323/bin-ladens-death-could-help-shift.html#ixzz1LJ6zbpiy

[RainDog]

1. okay, so talking about how recent events are impacting budget and diplomacy

is not as important as the infighting here.

[myrna minx]

3. You weren't kidding. n/t

[myrna minx]

2. As I said in H20 Man's thread, my friend and I were discussing the

further issues of the Bhutto assassination as well as he attacks in Mumbai - all things that have been connected to the ISI. Now the possibility that they've been- what it looks like - actively protecting bin Laden in plain sight is staggering. Thanks for starting this thread. my friend and I were just staring at each other trying to let it all sink in.

[RainDog]

4. "interesting times"

in the meantime, I think I'll watch Mystery Train from that god among men and contemplate how easy it really is to communicate between cultures.

elvis. carl perkins.

:hi:

[myrna minx]

5. Good choice of viewing.

hi: I think I need to decompress too. It's too bad about your thread - this info will have such huge ramifications in the future.